Why does Mail open and freeze?

Just happened in the past 24 hours, I can open Mail but as soon as I move the cursor, it turns into a spinning wheel and I can't access any of the drop down menus.
Help please!
MACBOOK Mac OS X (10.4.8) LOGIC PRO, KORE

Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list.
Finally, try launching Mail under the following conditions (you may need to force quit it first if it’s running) and post back with your observations:
1. Holding the Shift key down until the main window appears.
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