Mail App - Tried opening, but keeps crashing. What's wrong?

Hi All,
When I tried opening the mail app, it keeps crashing. What does it mean? What's wrong? Has this happened to you? What's the best way to fix this?
Any suggestions/feedback is much appreciated. Thanks!!
...Annette

I do not know what specifically might have caused your problem. But this is what I do when the Mail app misbehaves.
Quit the Mail app like I describe below and then reset your iPhone.
Double click the Home button to show the screen with running and recently used apps. Each app icon will have a sample page above it. Flick up on the page (not the app icon) and the page will fly away and the app icon will disappear. This quits that app. Then reset your device. Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the device restart. I hope this helps.

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