Mail disappeared following leopard upgrade

i upgraded from tiger to leopard, and my mail is completely broken
if i click to open it does not show the inbox
when i open the inbox using the top menu i have no historical mail
please help!

Hi,
If you Upgraded from 10.4.11 or earlier to Leopard 10.5.6, it is probably what has been covered by the support document at the link below:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
If you also find any files named to include MessageSorting (which would mean you once have upgraded from a version of OSX earlier than 10.4), remove those, also, but never restore those.
To find the correct location for the Mail folder, open a Finder window, click on the icon of a house in the Sidebar (this is known often as "Home"), click on Library in that Home user directory, and then to open the Mail folder found there.
Keep me posted on your progress.
Ernie

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