Starting mail.app in the faded out-mode???

I configuered my account to start mail.app faded out, but starting tiger, the main windows appears in the front. All other apps are okay.
I remember, I had this problem in an earlier version, but an update repaired it. Waiting and waiting for an update, but nothing happens.
Has anybody an idea, what I can change?
Thanks
iMac Intel 2.0 Mac OS X (10.4.3)

I mean "in the invisibel mode". The word fade out is wrong i think.
in the systempreferences for the user I can define, which program should loaded at start up. If I say: start iTunes invisibel, i do not appear, it is running in the background, but I do not see anything of the app.
Opening mail.app, the main window is visibel, it is not in the front. It is not possible to see the desktop.
In earlier versions it was possible to let mail.app run but do not see anything of the app.
Has anybody an idea? Thank you very much.

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