Mail icon has grey-d out life preserver over it

I have a grey-d out image over the Mail icon on the toolbar. It looks like a life preserver with an Apple logo in the center. It appeared about the same time my e-mail flat stopped working. Anyone have an idea of what's up or how to correct it?
G4 Notebook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

The problem seems to have three parts.
1) Still cannot get or send mail and I get asked for password every time I check for new mail. Even though I put in my known password, it comes back and asks again.
2) I now have to 'force quit' Mail to get out of it completely.
3) The fan on the computer runs almost constantly (may or may not be part of the same issue but it all started at the same time).

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