Can't log off iMac

When I log off or Shut down the computer will restart. This happen about 5 times, before it actually shuts down. I do I stop this? I make sure all program-Apps are closed.

Hello Reinold.
What type of account is this (POP, IMAP, .Mac)?
Does your wife have any third-party Mail plugins? Does she have either a /Library/Mail/Bundles or a ~/Library/Mail/Bundles folder in the Finder?
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items. What do you see there?
In Mail, open Window > Activity Viewer. What do you see there when Mail refuses to quit? Actually, you may be able to avoid having to force quit Mail by canceling whatever it's doing (by clicking on the red stop icon of the activity).
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder. You can easily locate any of the folders referred to in this post by copying the file path here, doing Go > Go to Folder in the Finder, and pasting the file path there.

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