Mail has stopped working message

I recieve this message several times in an hour session...and then must restart Mail. The eror readout is:

MESSAGE: Windows Mail has stopped working.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: WinMail.exe
Application Version: 6.0.6001.18000
Application Timestamp:47918ed8
Fault Module Name: ntdll.dll
Fault Module Version: 6.0.6002.18327
Fault Module Timestamp:4cb73436
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 0003de2d
OS Version: 6.0.6002.2.2.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: fd00
Additional Information 2: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160
Additional Information 3: fd00
Additional Information 4: ea6f5fe8924aaa756324d57f87834160

Vista Home Permium with SP2, 32 bit OS
Acer Aspire 5100-5033 laptop, 3070MB ram

My windows mail is different than yours, i have version 6.0.6000.16386 ( vista_rtm.061101-2205 ) Look at this site and see if maybe you need to update your e-mail . Working with Windows Mail
Hope this is what will help you. Post back please results. Also, yesterday i received an update for my email dealing with junk mail . So. check that link out please.

I have the problem even with the junk mail update installed.

Morning, tell me, does your ISP provide mail service and you use it as default mail provider in Windows Mail ? I have comcast and they have a mail service called outlook which has now been changed around a bit, but, i had an online chat with Comcast reference setting my mail up in Windows Mail as my default mail provider. Went into the tools tab and had me set some port settings and such, Would it help you to contact your ISP for any assistance ?

Thanks for the reply. Have had the same provider for 7 years. Have no trouble with email on my XP system. settings the same XP or Vista. Had no Vista problem until I installed a bunch of updates over the last several months...including Explorer 8.

Tell ya what, this is a strange one . Do this. start, all programs, accessories, right click command prompt, select run as admin. In the command prompt, type with out the arrows. < sfc /scannow > press enter and post back if this fixes any corrupt dll files .

sfcdetails.txt . when done type that in the search window in the start button. and open in notepad or such and in that you see what was not repaired. Just curious as to how yours came out.

Hi ,
Sorry it took so long to return your suggestion...holidays will do that! I ran the scan and it repaired quite a numbe of items. The message was "Found corrupt files and repaired them." Looked at the CBS.log...the only log I could find pretaining to the scan. Now time will tell if the problem is resolved.
Thanks mucho from Cochise County, Arizona.

Let us know if you still get mail issues .

Hi Yard Dog,
Mail has stopped 3 times since I ran the scan. Have noted that two of the times of malfunction occurred after sending a message. Also noted that message hung in the outbox as a "void" message...that is, trying to send it again resulted in a 'message could not be found" error message. However, had no problem deleting the void message.
Thanks again.