What is that circle that keeps going around and around

What is that circle that keeps going around and around.  I keep getting it when I try to open my email.  It takes forever for it to go away

That  sounds like the spinning beach ball and indicates your computer is busy. This can be caused by many things, I'd recommend reading the XLabs article about it, you can find that at:
http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html

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    http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/sbbod.html

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