Can't quit Mail

This is weird. Mail is very slow, seems not to be sending all my emails (they don't show up in 'Sent'), and I can't quit the application normally - I have to do a Force Quit. Please help.
Thanks,
RPN

Rebuild all your mailboxes.
Click on each mailbox for each account. Be sure to do it for the sent, trash and junk mailboxes as well. When you've clicked on a mailbox got to the mailbox menu and click rebuld. Should fix this problem.
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Go ▹ Go to Folder...
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Back up all data.
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~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail
Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select
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Caution: If you change any of the contents of the sandbox, but leave the folder itself in place, Mail may crash or not launch at all. Deleting the whole sandbox will cause it to be rebuilt automatically.
*If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select
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