Rogue message:  can't open, must force quit

I have one message in my in-box which will not open. Highlighting it (even by deleting mail above or below it) prompts the rainbow swirl to appear forever and I must force quit. Any ideas?
iMac   Mac OS X (10.4)  

If your mail client has a "preview pane" feature like Outlook, Outlook Express, or Entourage try turning this feature off.
You should then have just a list of mail and subjects.
Select the offending item and delete.
I would immediately empty the Deleted Items and then quit and restart the mail client after that.

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