[X4U] Mail won't launch

[Kirk McElhearn]

>> I'm trying to help my father over the telephone. Apple Mail won't  
>> launch on his G4 iBook running 10.4.8. It used to work fine.  
>> Everything else seems to work fine. But when he tries to launch  
>> Mail it bounces a couple of times (or half a time), but never  
>> starts up. I had him repair preferences. I had him run  
>> Preferential Treatment. I had him trash com.apple.mail.plist.  
>> Nothing seems to help.

Try holding down the Shift key when launching. There might be a  
corrupted message in his outbox; this will disable sending and checking.


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