Mail icon keeps moving

All of the sudden my Mail icon keeps moving to the end of the dock. It won't stay in the spot I place it. I moved the file (com.apple.dock.plist) in the library as suggested by some other similar posts, but that doesn't seem to help. Any other thoughts?
Thanks

I did exactly as you described, locating the plist file and moving it from Library/Preferences to the desktop. I logged out, logged back in, and Mail started on the left side of my Dock and then promptly shot to the right. It is now to the left of a Google quick search box, an Applications Folder, a Documents folder, and a Downloads folder. I want the mail icon on the left side of my screen. How can I ensure that?

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