Mail accounts greyed out in settings

My iPhone works fine and gets the mail but I wanted to do some changes in the various Mail settings [4 accounts] - but on going to the Mail/Contacts/Calendars area of Settings those 4 accounts and the Fetch New Data choice are all greyed out - everything else in this area of Settings is fine and all the other Settings are fine == but these Mail settings can't be worked with.
Any thoughts or suggestions? I do have an iPhone 4 and all software is up to date and okay.

Thanks so very much = I didn't know that woudl be the result of that selection = appreciate the quick help!

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