I can't open mail on Lion! Why?

When I click at the mail Icon it says that there is a problem

Do you still have the TimeMachine backup from Snow Leopard?
First, you’ll need to show the Library (hidden by default in Lion). To do this,
Launch Terminal (it’s in Applications, Utilities)
Enter : chflags nohidden ~/Library
Now you can see the Library folder under your username, move the ‘Mail’ folder from your-username/Library/ to the Desktop (or anywhere else).
Launch Mail again, it will now load but you will need to enter mail account details. After that, Mail WILL open. If you use IMAP only, then the next two steps aren’t actually necessary as once you add the account settings, it should pull down all your mail as it was before anyway. If you don't, you may want to use the steps below.
Now, with Mail running, you can enter TimeMachine, select the folders that you had in Snow Leopard and click Restore.
Or, from the Mail menubar, click File >> Import Mailboxes and then choose the ‘Apple Mail’ option and then browse to the Mail folder on your Desktop (or where you saved it), and then import all the mailboxes it finds.
This should do it.
Regards.

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