Gray question mark over mail icon in dock

What does this mean? I cannot open mail.
MAC OS X 10.5.6 Safari Beta4

Insert your OS X Installer disc and double-click on the Install Pre-bundled Software package. You can reinstall Mail from that installer. When completed you will need to reinstall the Leopard combo updater for the current version of Leopard you now have installed. You can download the appropriate combo updater at support.apple.com/downloads/.

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