Mail app freezes! No mail! Mail settings, also!

Maybe you can help me. We have been getting incorrect password alerts across all devices.. MacBookAir, iPhone 4 & 4s and iPad 2. We have aol , gmail and bellsouth email accts. the thing is they work and then don't work and back and forth every couple of days.. Very frustrating. Apple genius bar suggested the gmail acct over aol and said that should work but it happens on gmail also. When they aren't working the notice comes up repeatedly and when you put the pw in it still says it is wrong. And then it will work at some later point.

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Hi, sixfinger.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
Try forcing all applications to close and restart the device. Once this is done test to see if the Mail app functions correctly.
iOS: Force an app to close
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht5137
iPhone, iPad, iPod touch: Turning off and on (restarting) and resetting
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1430
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I've experienced my Mail app freezing twice in last two weeks in the middle of writing a mesage. I can't save it as a draft nor can send it, can't move to another folder. But if I leave the Mail app and go to gmail app it works. Anyone knows what's happening?
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Have you tried the simple basic things?
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Date/Time:       2013-10-24 11:59:58 +0800
OS Version:      10.9 (Build 13A603)
Architecture:    x86_64
Report Version: 18
Command:         Mail
Path:            /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Version:         7.0 (1816)
Build Version:   1
Project Name:    Mail
Source Version: 1816000000000000
Parent:          launchd [185]
PID:             2576
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Duration:        0.88s (process was unresponsive for 14 seconds before sampling)
Steps:           9 (100ms sampling interval)
Hardware model: MacBookPro5,5
Active cpus:     2
Fan speed:       2009 rpm
Free pages:      45194 pages (-9582)
Pageins:         36 pages
Pageouts:        0 pages
Swapins:         0 pages
Swapouts:        0 pages
Process:         Mail [2576]
Path:            /Applications/Mail.app/Contents/MacOS/Mail
Architecture:    x86_64
Parent:          launchd [185]
UID:             504
Task size:       146918 pages (+7149)
CPU Time:        0.723s
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https://discussions.apple.com/message/25906027#25906027
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2529915658,
2529909004,
2529909202,
3942375,
3942186,
3941522,
3941373,
3941054,
18441,
2460967470,
2529389349,
2529389784,
2472747712,
2472747225,
2472746829,
2447498621,
2447496752,
2447468139,
2447259812,
1029874
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