Mail unable to start after upgrading to Leopard

I upgraded to OS X10.5.5. last week and it went really smooth! I was thrilled to see how easy it was compared to those ugh! years spent on Windows!! Only, I started up Mail and get an error message stating that the version of Mail cannot run under 10.5.5. I thought all these applications got upgraded when the OS got installed but obviously it did not! I cannot see how to upgrade only the Mail program as I cannot even start it.
Now, I did exactly the same upgrade on my Macbook (similar config) and it all went well with all programs working fine..
Can someone help please? Should I try to use the OS Leopard DVD and reinstall/repair the Mail program or ???
Thanks in advance,
Satish

It's not always a guarantee to fix the issue, but you could try re-installing the application from the OS X Install disk. When you insert the disk, there should be folder named "optional installs" and with "optional installs.mpkg" inside. Run that installer package - continue through all the introduction, license, etc screens - and select the appropriate destination. Under Applications, Mail should be listed. Just check the box and continue. Wouldn't hurt to try this first.

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If anyone has any ideas would be much appreciated!
TIA

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
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Ernie

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scooter4j wrote:
uh...ok. didn't think anyone would need the details since the daemons ran under 10.4... in any case, here is one of them:
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-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 499 Nov 12 2006 com.scooter.cvCalendarBackups.plist
-rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 385 Nov 13 07:07 com.scooter.resourceMonitor.plist
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>com.scooter.resourceMonitor</string>
<key>Program</key>
<string>/Users/scooter/myApps/resourceMonitor/startMonitors.sh</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
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LOGS_DIR=/Users/scooter/myApps/resourceMonitor/logs
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try adding the following line to your launch daemon
<key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
<true/>
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
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<string>com.scooter.resourceMonitor</string>
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<string>/Users/scooter/myApps/resourceMonitor/startMonitors.sh</string>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>AbandonProcessGroup</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
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Hello from Apple!
Charles at Apple Service & Support thought that you might find this article useful. We hope that it helps resolve your technical issue.
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Mac OS X 10.5, iMac (Late 2007): Stuck in a "loop" at the login window after upgrading to Leopard
Issue or symptom
After installing Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard on a 20-inch or 24-inch iMac (Late 2007) computer, you may not be able to log in at the login window. Your login name and password are apparently accepted, but after a blue screen appears for a few seconds, the login window reappears instead of your desktop.
Products affected
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Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Solution
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If Leopard is not yet installed
If you have not yet installed Leopard on your 20-inch or 24-inch aluminum iMac computer with a 2.0, 2.4, or 2.8 GHz processor running Mac OS X 10.4.x, but previously installed the iMac Software Update 1.2, you should install the iMac Software Update 1.2.1 (Tiger) or later, before installing Leopard.
Thank you,
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