Mail Locks up whenever opened.

Mail locks up and does nothing whenever opened. Can anybody advise me on my next best move with what to do ?

Do you mean that you get a pinning color wheel and you're unable to Quit, or something else? How long has this problem been going on, and what did you do just prior to it starting?
Have you tried going to Home/Library/Preferences and removing (not deleting) the com.apple.mail.plist file to your Desktop? Then restart Mail and try setting up your email account(s) again and it should find any existing folders after that.
Post back with details.
Mulder

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