Feb 26 security update broke Mail

I just installed Apple's latest security update. I am running Mountain Lion 10.8.5 on a 2.8 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon with 18GB memory.
Right after this update was installed, my Mail.app broke - I can no longer send or receive email. I have tinkered with the smtp settings (shut off SSL) and gotten the outgoing mail to go, but still cannot receive any incoming mail.
Is anyone else having this problem?? I have tried inputting the actual IP address of our mail server instead of using "mailserver.xxx.local", to no avail.
Mail's Connection Doctor doesn't report a problem (now), but still have not received any mail since before the update, even though I have specifically had other people send me an email to test it.
At my wit's end here ...

Whew … after a lot of head-scratching and button-clicking, I have discovered the answer: deselect the Use SSL option. Although it would seem to be safer to have that turned on, apparently the update changed how that was handled. Off it goes.

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If future updates screw up mail again, I'll always have working backups to restore.

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At some point, Apple started doing this annoying stupid thing with certain app updates (among them QuickTime Player, and iTunes, and Mail) where if those apps do not reside in /Applications they will not be updated properly.
Correct. It has always been that way in OS X. Applications, particularly from Apple, belong in the Applications Folder, where update installers can find them and link to associated system files that may be updated as well without you realising it.

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