Mail not working, need to reinstall?

Okay, I have SCOURED the internet trying to find a solution to this problem, but to no avail. I use Mail.app to access my Gmail account, and a couple days ago I noticed that it was not receiving mail, and upon further investigation came to learn it was some kind of port/server error or something (from clicking on the lighting bolt/exclamation point triangle). I tried and tried to figure out what the exact problem was and to remedy it. I tried different recommended port numbers, changing the settings, even deleting my Mail account and making it over again, several times, following the instructions provided by Gmail. Still it was not working. I ended up just deleting the application and reinstalling it from my Snow Leopard disc, and now it's just become worse. When I try and open mail I get this message saying,
"You have Mail version 4.0 (1075/1077). It can’t be used on Mac OS X Version 10.6.2 (Build 10C540). For more information, click the Help button."
I clicked the help button and did everything it recommended, again several times, including reinstallation, and it STILL WON'T WORK!!! This is driving me crazy! I'm pretty frustrated and desperate at this point. Can ANYONE please help at all? Thank you in advance.

Nonsense ? Perhaps you can explain to the Mac techs as well as myself why my iMac cannot receive or send mail via an Airport Extreme while a cheap little PC notebook sitting beside it downloads everything. Three calls to Apple with four different techs, including a senior tech could not solve it. The senior guy instructed me to delete the Mail program and reinstall via my system disc. Guess what? It will not install. Warning message states "This version of Mail is not compatible with this OS X operating system". The disc is 10.6.1. I was running 10.6.2 at the time and have since updated to 10.6.3. Now I cannot even get the Mail program on my computer to attempt to solve the problem. I have gone thru every step with Apple techs, line by line and still nothing. If you have any ideas the Mac guys did not, please, tell me now.

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