Mail plist question

Well, I had the same mail issues that everyone had yesterday, but then things seemed to be working again last night and this morning, but now AGAIN I am not getting emails.
The status page has a green light and says all systems are "go", but I'm guessing it's an issue everyone is having?
Anyway, I thought I'd go into my Mail folder to just see if there was anything 'weird' in there - not that I'd really recognize anything weird, but when I go to home/library/mail, if I try to click on a file called MessageRules.plist, a box pops up that says "The Application TrailRunner Could Not Launch..."
About a month ago, I DID download an application called TrailRunner, but I have NO clue why this would have anything to do with my mailbox???
Are there any guidelines as to what I should or shouldn't be seeing in that mail folder?
Thank you!!!

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