Cannot add or edit Mail account in Settings

Hi all,
I have been using my iPhone 3G for 3 years until I recently switched to iPhone 4. However after I backup and restored my iPhone 3G to iPhone 4, everytime I switch on my iPhone 4, a message pops up and says 'Cannot Access [email protected] Review your account information in Settings.' When I go to the settings, I cannot edit, add or delete any of my email accounts. The thing is I can still check and send emails from Mail but the google calendar cannot be synced. I checked my iPhone 3G it has the same problem except without the popup message and google calendar can be synced. Weird. What should I do?

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