Reply Not Working In Mail

Mail App on my Powerbook G4 will not reply or reply all. I've tried:
Clicking the button
Double clicking the message and clicking the button in that window
Using the menu item.
The shortcut key.
None work. Running mail version 3.5 on Mac OS X 10.5.5
I'm about to head off for 2 months where I'll only have my laptop so be pleased to get this fixed !

try resetting your mail preferences. do you have a backup from before this started? if you do, quit mail and restore the file /users/username/library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist from the backup. start Mail and see if it works. if you don't have a backup, move the above file to the desktop and start Mail. you'll have to set up all your accounts from scratch. once you do they should recognize their existing mailboxes.
see if the reply button works after that.

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