Suddenly strange symptoms

Mail (on a POP account) has lost its mind. When I highlight an inbox email and click reply, the frame around the window changes its shade of grey, but a reply window never comes up.
When I quit mail, each click of the reply button results in the draft count increasing in the left panel.
I relaunch and go to the list of drafts, and I have one unstarted draft for each click.
I delete those drafts, but they come back as I'm quitting the program...ie, the count returns to what it was before, and I see the list of multiple drafts in the list.
Just to make it even more difficult, I can't launch preferences. When I choose it, no window pops up.
I have tried deleting the envelope index, trashing the plist file, and running Disk First Aid. Will probably try DiskWarrior next unless there's a more specific fix for this.
Any suggestions? Thanks.

HI,
DiskWarrior isn't for repairing problems with the Mail application.
In Mac Mail, from the Menu Bar, click Mailbox/Rebuild and see if that helps.
Try pressing Command , (comma) to open Mail/Preferences.
If nothing helps, reinstall the Mail application from your install disk.
Insert the install disk. Open the Optional Installs folder, then open Optional Installs.mpkg
An Installer will start... click Continue. When you get to the Installation Type in the window on the right you will see: Applications. Click the Disclosure triangle so it faces down. Selec the Mail app and click Continue.
Then repair disk permissions...
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.
I'm trouble shooting for Leopard since you posted in the Leopard forum. Could you please click My Settings on the right side of this window and tell us which Mac you have and which Mac OS X verion 10.5.x ?? you are running... thanks!
Carolyn
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