Problem w/ Mail.app. Can't select account nor type in body in new message.

Run accross an issue w/ mail in which the account cannot be selected from the dropdown (the dropdown shows the arrows and about 2 spaces, but that it is and selecting it does nothing) in a new message.
In addition one cannot type anything in the body of the message.
Have tried removing the preferences and re-launching, but to no avail.
Any suggestions?
PowerBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Not really sure why Launch Services would have any
effect in this situation.
Because of the spell checker. Common symptoms are the New and Reply buttons doing nothing, or the inability to type in the body of the message.
But tried it, and no go.
If the problem persists, I encourage you to try again carefully following all the steps described in the Resetting Launch Services article. It could very well be that you have other problems in addition to this one, but if you have this particular problem (and it looks like you have), you won't be able to fix it by any other means.
If I switch users (a basically unused account on the machine)
and lauch mail.app (had to enter in data as the program hasn't
been configured for the other user), I get the same issue.
This indicates there is something wrong with either Mail itself, or with the whole system, indeed. You can reinstall Mail as described here:
Custom installs in Mac OS X 10.4
If the version of the system software on your installation disks is earlier than what you're using now, then you must also reinstall the corresponding Combo Update afterwards, to bring the Mail application back in sync with the rest of the system:
Mac OS X 10.4.7 Combo Update for PPC
Mac OS X 10.4.7 Combo Update for Intel
Also, you may want to read the following articles for guidelines on how to properly install system updates:
Troubleshooting installation and software updates
Installing software updates
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