How to reinstall Mail app in Mavericks 10.9.3

During update process to OS X 10.9.2, my MAIL APP became corrupted and I can't repair it since. The update to 10.9.3 didn't help any. My Applecare expired already.
Is there a documented method to remove all the corrupted files, databases, etc. & start all over? I have all my mail messages in another client so I won't lose anything.
Would rather use the Mail App.

Erase the drive and reinstall is the only "documented" way. Unless you wish to just reinstall Mail by itself. In this case download and use Pacifist. To do the former:
Install or Reinstall Lion, Mavericks or Mountain Lion from Scratch
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
OS X Mavericks- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Mountain Lion- Erase and reinstall OS X
OS X Lion- Erase and reinstall Mac OS X
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible
because it is three times faster than wireless.

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from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

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1) Go to your User's Library folder. (if you don't know how to find, see this link.) Do steps a,b,c
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