New Message Crashes Mail

Yesterday, Mail started crashing whenever I try to create a new message. I can open mail, read messages, place them in saved folders etc. I just can't create a new message. No matter how I do it... either clicking the new message button or typing command-N. All I get is the beach ball of death! I've rebooted, updated to 10.4.7, repaired permissions, cleared caches etc etc etc. Nothing seemed to help. Right now I have to use the web mail from my host just to send emails. Very inconvenient! Can anyone offer some assistance with this issue?
Dual 1 Ghz   Mac OS X (10.2.x)   1.5GB RAM

First of all, it seems that Mail doesn't really crash (i.e. it doesn't quit unexpectedly). Rather, it freezes (i.e. becomes unresponsive), and it could be that even that isn't actually the case. Have you tried letting Mail alone for a few minutes to see whether it becomes responsive again on its own?
Before creating a new message, open Window > Activity Viewer. Now, check whether Mail displays any activity there when it freezes.
What type of account is this (POP, IMAP, .Mac)? It seems from your posts that it's POP. Could you please clarify this?
Do you have any third-party Mail plugins? Do you have either a /Library/Mail/Bundles or a ~/Library/Mail/Bundles folder in the Finder?
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items. What do you see there?
And why does your profile say Mac OS X 10.2.x again now?
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder. You can easily locate any of the folders referred to in this post by copying the file path here, doing Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, and pasting the file path there.

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