Clicking "Mail" opens Applications Folder

This used to happen sometimes on Tiger, on a different machine.
Clicking on Mail in the doc doesn't open Mail, but does open a new Applications folder window.
Restarting fixes it (so far) but it's worrying.
Why does Mail keep doing things like this?

With Mail open, please click on Mail in the menubar, choose About Mail, and report the exact info that results as regards version -- I doubt this is a problem, but must be confirmed before moving on.
One thing to try would be to quit Mail, drag the Icon from the Dock to go "Poof", and then open Mail from its Icon in the Applications folder. Then control-click on the resulting Icon in the Dock, Options and select Keep in Dock.
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