Mail upgrade stuck

Upgraded to OSX Lion, but Mail upgrade seems to be stuck - the progress bar is in the same position for more than an hour. Any suggestions?

HI,
The problem you are having following the upgrade to Leopard from Tiger (10.4.11?), has been covered by the support document at the link below:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
If you also find any files named to include MessageSorting (which would mean you once have upgraded from a version of OSX earlier than 10.4), remove those, also, but never restore those.
To find the correct location for the Mail folder, open a Finder window, click on the icon of a house in the Sidebar (this is known often as "Home"), click on Library in that Home user directory, and then to open the Mail folder found there.
Ernie

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