Mail keeps shutting down while it is connecting

Question

When I open my mail it automatically shuts down within about 2 seconds while it is connectinb and returns me to the home page. My emails seem to be coming through but I just cant get into the mail page to look at them?

Answer 1

FWIW, I had similar trouble. I could apparently delete 3 or 4 emails using the "Edit" function, then mail would crash and emails would re-appear next time mail was opened. Mail would also crash on its own after 15-20 seconds even without trying to read or delete anything. Tried downloading an app, tried hard reset, tried restore and "new phone" restore. No dice.
In another thread here I found a suggestion to delete the email ACCOUNT from the phone and then re-create. User reported deleting all messages from server as well, but I didn't do that, and still had instant success. Apparently it's not necessarily the messages themselves that get corrupted. Try simply deleting the account and re-creating.