How do I change name of Apple Mail

I was calibrating the battery of my MBP and let the battery drain. It went black and then the screen lit up again and then died. It didn't go to sleep. I was working in Mail. I had to restart my computer and my Mail was messed up. I called Apple support and the first technician I talked to told me to restore the application Mail from Time Machine. I did but fortunately kept my original Mail application which is now called Mail (original). The restored mail wasn't functional. The technician called a senior representative who helped me restore my mail.
Now I start Mail with the Mail Icon in my dock which says Mail (original) when I mouse over it.
I trashed the new Mail, which has a Unix file inside it but nothing to double-click and start Mail.
I tried selecting Mail (original) in my applications folder but it doesn't let me change it back to Mail.
How do I change it back to Mail? Does it matter? I don't want any problems the day there is an upgrade for Mail.
Thanks

HI Tommy,
Reinstall applications from your Snow Leopard disc.
Insert the Snow Leopard install disk. Open the Optional Installs folder, then open Optional Installs.mpkg
An Installer will start... click Continue. When you get to the Installation Type in the window on the right you will see: Applications. Click the Disclosure triangle so it faces down. Select the Mail application then click Continue.
Before you do anything else, repair disk permissions.
Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. *Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.*
Carolyn

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