Mail app crashes when opening

For the first time ever, I'm experiencing problems w/ the Mail app. When I try to open it, I see the blue line in the Mail Activity window, but it stops about 1/3 of the way and Mail crashes. Same thing the 2nd time except the blue line indicates 2/3 of incoming mail has been loaded then it crashes again. Third time seems to be the charm.

Maybe totally unrelated but it started happening after I sent a file that was just a bit too big for a Hotmail Inbox. So I received 5-6 error messages from these friends' Hotmail admin.

Thanks for your help.

 

Growl Mail Plug-in crashes Mail

wrldwzrd89:

Thank u so much 4 your help. Really appreciated. Yes indeed, the Growl Mail Plug-in in my bundles folder seemed to be the one doing the damage.

 

How to fix this problem

http://www.davidalison.com/2009/06/application-mail-quit-unexpectedly.html