Mail has different icon and will not open

I haven't used Mail for a while, and I recently tried to open it only to find that something is very wrong. My Mail icon is not the traditional stamp icon that it used to be. Instead it looks like this: http://i29.tinypic.com/156d7jp.jpg
That is the icon for the app in all of its locations, not just my dock.
Also, when I click on it, it simply bounces once and then does nothing. The application will just not open.
What's wrong??? Any help on getting it to work?? Thanks!!

Something has wrecked the Mail program for you. You may be able to correct it by downloading the Combo Update for 10.5.8 (it is 759 MB, btw) and installing it over the existing system. But this "Mail app" may be too far gone. If so, you would then delete it from the Applications folder, and then reinstall it from the install disk, using Optional installs. You would then have to immediately apply the same Combo Update to advance it to Mail 3.6, in the proper build and version.
Ernie

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