Software Update Not Recognizing Needed Updates

On my iMac, I needed to re-install Leopard - following which, Software Update is not recognizing that it needs to update - Safari, Mail, etc. By example, Mail is "stuck" on version 3.1. When Update runs, I get no updates available. I guess all the updated software is in the Previous System folder. What's the best strategy to fix this? - is there a way to reset what Software Update thinks it's already done or should I remove the previous system folder?
Thanks in advance!

tried permissions - no luck there.
Thanks for the comment re having new & old versions of software - that may be the case, as after re-install of Leopard, the previous system (which in fact has the newer versions of Mail, etc) was saved to a folder.
Sorry, I'm usually more on top of these things - but I'm not really sure how SU works - I'm now assuming that it's finding the newer versions in the Previous System folder - sound right?
As a followup - is there any reason to save the "Previous System" if all is working after a reinstall?

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