Mail will not open anymore

I am having a problem with mail. Mail opened fine on 10.6.1 until I had to restore my computer using time machine. Now when I open mail I get the error: You can't use this version of Mail with this version of Mac OS X. You have Mail version 4.0 (1075/1076). It can't be used on Mac OS X Version 10.6.1 (Build 10B504).
So far these are the things I have done with no avail.
- restored the computer again, but to a different time point.
- delete the com.apple.mail.plist, restart the computer, and try opening mail again.
- using time machine to bring back an old .plist and a old copy of mail.
- deleting mail and using the Snow Leopard DVD to install it again.
I can't think of any other thing to try doing. Someone please help as Mail is my default mail client and I can't live without it.

Greetings,
Did you reinstall the Snow Leopard 10.6.1 update? If not, you should do that, and Repair Permissions after it restarts, before you try to restart Mail. Also, where are you trying to launch Mail from: the Dock or the /Application directory? If the former, try dragging the icon for Mail out of the Dock, then go to /Applications and select Mail and drag it's icon back to the Dock and try launching it again.

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