MAIL DOES NOT OPEN AFTER SOFTWARE UPDATE

Computer - software updates are available - clicked ok
Computer - restart - said yes
Mail now has ffg msg - YOU CANT USE THIS VERSION OF MAIL WITH THIS VERSION OF MAC OS X
You tried to open Mail version 4.5 (1084/1085) in
It can’t be used on this version of Mac OS X. Try opening the version of Mail located in the Applications folder on your computer. For more information, click the Help button.
HAVE MAC VERSION 10.6.8

I was posting a different work-around until Apple came out with the official article:
Open a Finder window and "Find" like the screenshot: By filename for Mail.app
Track down and discard any old versions of Mail you find. They don't work anyway.
Then do these two steps:
* Run the Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo 1.1.http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
* Run the Security update.http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1586
--identified by Barney15E and Jreporter

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