Mail won't work (10.7.3 iMac)

My hard drive was replaced by Apple under its recall. Now when I open Mail, I can see the gray task bar at the time and nothing else. If I select "New Message" a window will appear but that's it.

Quit Mail. Back up all data.
In the Finder, select Go ▹ Go to Folder from the menu bar, copy the text on the line below into the box that opens, and press return:
~/Library/Mail/V2/MailData/Envelope Index
A Finder window will open with a file selected. Move the selected file to the Desktop, leaving the window open. Relaunch Mail. It should re-index your mailboxes. You may get a warning that the index is corrupt and that Mail has to quit. Click OK.
Test. If Mail now works as expected, you can delete the file you moved to the Desktop. If you get a warning that the file is in use when you try to empty the Trash, log out and log back in.

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Step 1
The purpose of this step is to determine whether the problem is localized to your user account.
Enable guest logins* and log in as Guest. Don't use the Safari-only “Guest User” login created by “Find My Mac.”
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source :http://email.about.com/od/macosxmailtips/qt/How_to_Access_Windows_Live_Hotmail_w ith_Mac_OS_X_Mail.htm

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