Mac Maverick mail won't quit

I up grade my Imac to OS 10.9, every since frequently get notification about e-mail, no e-mail in inbox?? Then tryed to upgrade to OS 10.9.1 to fix some of these bugs and go figure cannot quit mail so cannot install upgrade??? How do I get out of mail. It does not even give me the option. Frustrated!!!

Go to  > Force Quit or press Alt, Command and Esc keys, select Mail in the list and force quit it

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Hello ward886,
Thank you for the question. It sounds like Mail is unresponsive, and you are unable to access it or restart your system. In a situation like this, I recommend force quitting Mail and restarting your computer.
Use one of the following methods to force Mail to quit:
Using the Force Quit feature of OS X makes an application close, even when it is not responsive.
Important: Normally you should not need to force quit an app to close it. When an app is forced to quit, any unsaved changes to open documents are not saved, so try these methods to normally close the app first:
Choose Quit from the app menu. For example, in Safari, choose Safari > Quit Safari.
Choose Quit by right-clicking or control-clicking on an app's icon in the Dock.
If your app does not close using the steps above, use any of these steps to force the app to quit:
Switch to another app, such as the Finder, then choose Force Quit from the Apple menu. Select the unresponsive app in the Force Quit window, and click Force Quit.
Press Command-Option-Esc, then select the unresponsive app from the Force Quit window that appears, and click Force Quit.
Hold down the Control and Option keys on your keyboard, and click the icon of the unresponsive app in the Dock. Select Force Quit from the menu that appears.
Open Activity Monitor from the Utilities folder or the Spotlight menu. Select the unresponsive app in the Activity monitor window. Choose Quit Process from the View menu, or click the Force Quit button in the toolbar of the Activity Monitor window.
If you cannot switch from the unresponsive app, press Command-Option-Shift-Esc for three seconds to force it to quit. This key combination tells OS X to force quit the frontmost app.
Find the full article here:
OS X: How to quit an unresponsive application using Force Quit
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3411
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
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Same issue here. 15 MBP Retina Late 2012. MacOS 10.9 and have installed the Mail Update for Mavericks to no avail.
I have iCloud email and two exchange accounts configured. When I disable the iCloud account; force quit; then restart; it quits properly. I've rebuilt the mailbox and have I'gone so far as to delete the iCloud account and add it back to no avail.

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I can't shut down my Mac because applications won't quit or force quit. Any tips?

I did this with my mail when it couldnt quit
Maybe u can try the following:
At the mail icon below, two fingers select the mail icon
Thereafter select show all windows.
Close all windows that are open
Try quitting your mail again
It works for me :)

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Mail does not hang, but also won't quit. The quit menu item is even greyed out. The Mail program prevents a restart (dialog after timout saying Mail canceled the restart) and also will not force quit. I've tried force quiting from the context menu on the dock, and also from the force quit dialog in the apple menu.
The only way to get shut down is to quit the WindowServer process from within the Activity Monitor, which causes a sort of "log out" to occur, meaning that I end up in the login screen. From here I can shut down or restart normally.
My OS is up to date with all patches. The problem persists (in fact I would say its only about 3 weeks old) and happens quite regularly (ca. 5 times/week.)
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I did this yesterday...with same problems. Create a new user in system pref-accounts. Make sure you enable fast user switching and give it admin access. Then, switch over to new account (top right corner of menu bar)
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Control-click on the Mail icon in the Dock or press the Option, Command, and Escape keys simultaneously; in either case, choose to force quit Mail. In some cases, the application may not quit through this method; if this happens, save all your open documents in other applications and then use the Activity Monitor in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to force quit the loginwindow process. You will then be returned to the login screen if automatic login isn't enabled, or logged back in if it is.
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Can't turn off computer because mail interupts shut down. I can force quit, but nothing happens. literally.

I'm also using Apple Mail with a POP account and Exchange as well.
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From Member: BDAqua
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/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/
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http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_back_and_restore_mail_lion
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Mavericks Mail won't send login information to IMAP server

I am having a problem with Mavericks Mail not connecting to the Dovecot IMAP server. There appears to be many posts about similar problems, but none have the exact symptom I’m seeing.
Mail appears to not provide login information to any of my IMAP accounts. The iPad, iPhone, and Thunderbird on the same Mac all work with the same credentials. Just Apple Mail on the Mac fails. It fails for all user accounts on the same Mac. This has been a problem for a long time.
Connection doctor seems to indicate Mail is not sending login information. In fact, connection doctor shows the only thing working is the smtp server that doesn’t require a login. Everything else fails.
I’ve rebooted the Mac and the mail server.
I’ve repaired disk permissions.
I’ve recreated the account.
I’ve create a brand new account.
I’ve removed cache files.
I’ve re-indexed mail files.
Nothing works.
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INITIATING CONNECTION Jul 24 19:59:13.847 host:**********.*****.*** -- port:993 -- socket:0x0 -- thread:0x608000868640
CONNECTED Jul 24 19:59:13.939 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:**********.*****.*** -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002d97c0 -- thread:0x608000868640
READ Jul 24 19:59:13.939 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:**********.*****.*** -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002d97c0 -- thread:0x608000868640
* OK Dovecot ready.
WROTE Jul 24 19:59:13.939 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:**********.*****.*** -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002d97c0 -- thread:0x6080002687c0
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* CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR SORT THREAD=REFERENCES MULTIAPPEND UNSELECT LITERAL+ IDLE CHILDREN NAMESPACE LOGIN-REFERRALS UIDPLUS LIST-EXTENDED I18NLEVEL=1 AUTH=PLAIN
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WROTE Jul 24 19:59:13.944 [kCFStreamSocketSecurityLevelTLSv1_0] -- host:**********.*****.*** -- port:993 -- socket:0x6000002d97c0 -- thread:0x60800046e080
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dovecot: Jul 24 19:59:13 Info: auth(default): client out: CONT 1
dovecot: Jul 24 19:59:13 Info: imap-login: Disconnected (auth failed, 1 attempts): method=PLAIN, rip=***.***.***.***, lip=***.***.***.***, TLS
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This happens on my machine as well but I also find that force quitting seems to be the only way out....

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