Mail application will not open... Why?

Recently, I deleted a whole bunch of icons from my desktop, because they were doubles... I wanted them ONLY on the dock, not on the desktop (excuse my ignorance in not understanding computers very well). I also emptied the trash and THEN realized i had deleted not just the shortcuts but the whole applications (Mail, iCal, iPhoto, Address Book, and things like Firefox, etc.). Needless to say I messed up. I got out the original Installation CD's and reinstalled the software. NOW, when I try to open Mail, a message pops up telling me "You cannot use this version of the application Mail with this version of Mac OS X." Had the mail I had been using been updated? Where do I go/what do I do to get a newer version of mail? All other programs/apps are working fine, and all data was saved... Just can't get into my MAIL. Help, please!?

I have a nearly identical problem and also experienced a Mail- 'version' issue when up-grading from 10.4.11 to 10.5.8. "Updater' seems to miss the fact this is Not an Intel model iMac, and it acts like it needs a firmware-update. So, I'm going backwards and reinstalling the System entirely, (which historically has never been the most logical choice on a Mac.) Luckily, the Installation DVD contains some 'Optional' installers, including >> Mail <<!
Stupidly, you can't do anything with this application unless it is synchronized with its own historic files. The issue becomes one of isolating all of those items which it generated earlier, Then re-installing, Then placing these key files back into a position where they can be imported. One quickly learns to use anyand all 'back-up' methods available, nthe simplest of which is probably to burn a CD of each USER folder, especially: "Library"
Time Machine may provide yet another level of conflicts.Like, I'm not sure if it 'likes' my other back-up application, operational or not. "Auto-update" (as you now see) is not the ideal way to leave your Mac set.
Can you find all of these files in User/Library/Mail?:
Available feeds
BackupTOC
Envelope Index   (seems to control everything about launching)
IMAP [name of your mailbox(es)]
Mailboxes          (possibly all your old stuff)
MessageRules.plist
MessageRules. " backup
MessageSorting
..etc
MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded
SmartMailboxes.plist    (yeah sure)...

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:: How can I make a better record and archive-system of my messages, maybe year by year (without having to save each one of them as RTF-files)?
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