Force Quit/AOL mail

Having a problem beginning this morning. Checked my AOL mail; unable to remove from trash. When I try to quit mail I get the revolving disc; then I have to use FORCE QUIT in order to get out of mail. Is anyone else having this problem? Any help or ideas would be most helpful.
Thank you,
Glenda

Thanks for the tip A. Carlo; unfortunately I have tried that and still having problem. I was able to delete from Mail trash, but still cannot quit mail without using FORCE QUIT. Hope the problem will cure itself..... *fingers crossed)*

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Hoping someone can help me - an amateur but keen to learn Mac user.
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Computer powered up and it is as if I am using it for the 1st time - Mail blank(asking for new account info), Ical data gone, Iphoto data gone , firefox bookmarks gone.
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The symptoms you describe to appear to pertain to the original user
account having a significant flaw or corruption; so the result bears
out the idea since you are prompted to enter information as though
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account is still there but not being seen correctly due to shutdown or
other corruption errors, one of the tools that may help restore the Mac
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You may have to read up on a few topic areas that probably overlap;
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user account named the same as the failed one, and a general way to
reclaim the old similar-named user preferences and info, is outlined.
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Some days, nothing does to me.
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''A troubleshooting mode, which disables most Add-ons.'' 
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