Osx 10.6.8 update screwing up my email! help!

I downloaded the update for osx 10.6.8 and now it says that the version of mail I have (4.5) is not compatible with the operating system. Any idea how I fix this? Thanks very much...

See possible fixes here.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19760703#19760703
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4311280?tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19710911#19710911
Some have reported success simply by reinstalling the update.ca
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1586
Or download and apply, or reapply, the 10.6.8 Combo update first, then apply the Security Update again.
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
I'd suggest starting with the simplest of these fixes, so look them over first.
BTW, you should be posting this in the Snow Leopard forum. The forum you are in is for older Macs that can't run Snow Leopard.

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It can't be a compatibility problem with the specific hard-disk that I replaced - can it?
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Thanks Kappy.
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I'm going to reinstall my OS for the 5th time now. I will only upgrade the OS to 10.5.7 and run with that for a while to see what happens. If I run happily for a month with this setup, I would very much like to report this as a 10.5.8 'issue' to Apple. Does anyone know how I can do this in an official capacity?

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Oops - how that?
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Thanks for the suggestions, but the keyboard was connected to a built-in port.
When I came back to the computer about an hour after the problem appeared, the bluetooth message had gone and the normal keyboard was working again, so I could log in. I checked Bluetooth in System Preferences and found there was a "phantom" wireless keyboard listed, that I had never installed. I removed that from the list so hopefully the problem won't re-occur.
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It's obvious that something is wrong with the OSX 10.4.6 update via software update on a number of computers. There are numerous cries for help here all posted in the past couple of days. My Quicksilver crashed, my laptop has not. I appreciate the time and effort of all the responders and hopefully I'll be able to resolve my Quicksilver's gray screen and spinning icon problem on startup when I get my Tiger Family Pack disks.
Something important needs to be communicated to Apple. Many of the experts have said users need to do this or that thing before or after an update, as if it is our fault as consumers of Apple's products that we don't have arcane knowledge. I bought my first Apple in 1985 precisely because I did not want to have to know insider tricks to achieve functionality. I want to write, design, create - not be a system administrator.
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