Mail- always displays "downloading"

imm using montain lion o s x and my mail recently just displays in the message "loading", ive done all the checks wrt passwords and connectivity can anyone offer any suggestions
Thanks

Deleting your mail account is a bit drastic and unnecessary.  Instead - give the following process a shot:
Close down mail (i.e. double press the home button, hold on the mail icon until it starts to wiggle, then hit the minus sign).
Turn off your mail accounts
Go to Settings --> Mail, Contact, Calendars
Go into each account listed and flip mail from On to Off
Click the home button to exit settings
Start Mail - you should see the selection screen asking you what kind of mail account you want to create.  More importantly you should not see the "downloading" at the bottom.
Click the home button to exit mail
Turn your mail accounts back on
Go to Settings --> Mail, Contact, Calendars
Go into each account listed and flip mail from Off to On
Click the home button to exit settings - get into mail and everything should be back and the "downloading" should be gone.
I hope this helps.

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