Lost my Mail app...can I reinstall just Mail 2.0

[fmp3]

I managed to screw something up on my G5, 10.4.6......Mail no longer will open. I was trying to fix spell check and decided to try Pacifist--to reinstall an older version of mail off of a G5 install disc--with the idea I could update to the lastest version via software update. Basically, I was trying to burn down the barn to get rid of the rats. I did. I thought I "updated" the mail package with Pacifist, but the result was that Mail acts like it is opening (icon flashes briefly) and then nothing. Please help. Can you reinstall just Mail 2.0?

 

[decksnap]

I don't think you can just install Mail. If you find out you can, I'd be interested to know. Have you tried simply deleting the mail preference file?

 

[mad jew]

Umm... By older version do you mean a pre-Tiger release of Mail? If so, get your hands on a Tiger disk and try Pacifist again to put Mail 2.0 back on. It should work properly.

 

[Caitlyn]

Use this to extract and reinstall a specific app from your Mac OS X files:

Pacifist

 

[Abstract]

Did you read the original post or anything else for that matter? I'm surprised you even understood the topic without reading.