Mac Mail with question mark

Help - just tried to open Macmail on my old IMac. Suddenly a question mark appears covering the MacMail icon in the dock. It won't open at all. Any thoughts? Many thanks

Hello DM Edmonds,
From Mac Help:
The Dock contains a question mark icon
If you delete an application or document that has an icon in the Dock, the Dock >icon changes to a question mark.
To remove the question mark icon:
Drag it from the Dock.
To add a new item to the Dock, locate the item and drag its icon to the Dock.
It is my understanding that if the Dock icon of a particular application changes to a question mark it means that the application has been deleted or is damaged.
I assume you will have to reinstall Mail.app.
First try to open the Application from it's icon in your Applications folder. Does it open? Is the original application missing from the Applications folder?
littleshoulders

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