Mail will not close

My mail app will not quit I have tried to quit it but it just makes a beep sound and then will not close. I can't shut down because mail keeps stopping the shut down. Any help would be appreciated.

command-option esc. Try hitting those keys and see if Mail will quit. You can always do a forced shut down by holding down the power button. Sounds like directory issues. Insert your OS installer disk and reboot while holding down the 'c' key. Do Repair Disk from Disk Utility.

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You're welcome.
Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
In order to fix the problem, we'll have to re-create Envelope Index. The thing is, Mail may choke on those messages while re-creating the index, so either be prepared for that or perform optional steps 1 and 3:
1. (Optional, but recommended). Assuming this is a POP account, in the Finder go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/INBOX.mbox/Messages/, and identify the *.emlx files associated with the troublesome messages. Viewing the *.emlx files as List in the Finder showing the creation/modification date may help. Just identify them; do not get rid of them yet (you must quit Mail first).
2. Quit Mail.
3. (Optional, but recommended). Move to the Trash the troublesome *.emlx files found in step 1.
4. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/. Make a backup copy of this folder, just in case something goes wrong -- e.g. by dragging it to the Desktop while holding the Option (Alt) key down.
5. Locate Envelope Index and move it to the Trash. If you see an Envelope Index-journal file there, delete it as well.
6. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/POP-username@mailserver/. Locate Deleted Messages.mbox, and move it to the Trash. I assume there is nothing to be preserved there.
7. Open Mail. It will tell you that your mail needs to be "imported". Click Continue and Mail will proceed to re-create Envelope Index -- Mail says it's "importing", but it just re-creates the index if the mailboxes are already in Mail 2.x format.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user's home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user's home folder.

Mail will not close without a "Force Quit"

Dear Friends,
My iMAC OS 10.5.4 mail program has malfunctioned ever since I opened it to access mail via my e-mail service provider during which time the power failed. After power was restored, the mailboxes of other accounts on the computer continue to function normally as does my mac.com account on the same Mail program. Now when I open the Mail program the spinning wheel on my internet services account continues to spin and my mail program will only close when I use the Force Quit command. Opening the mail program on other accounts causes no problem. I have reset my preferences, used the utility program, reset the internet service provider mail settings and rebooted the computer without success. Any ideas?

Many others have the same problem. Please see this thread for some potential remedies. For the record, none of them have worked for me. Please post if you find a solution that does work.
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7715605#7715605

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Is anyone having this problem:
I've got Mail open and I want to shut down my computer. If Mail is open and I just go directly to shut down (letting shut down automatically close Mail), it fails because Mail will not quit. Shut down is aborted.
Also, sometimes I manually quit Mail, expecting it to already be closed, I shut down the MAC and it will not shut down the Mac even though it looks like I have closed Mail. It comes back and says Shut Down Aborted because Mail failed to close.
I then have to Force Quit Mail.
This has been going on now for several Weeks. I'm starting to get concerned.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi Otto,
There are many threads on this topic. I have contacted Apple a few times as well and have tried just about everything mentioned on these forums, with little or no help.
The last thing that I tried has reduced Mail's Quit time to about 50 seconds (not enough to abort a shutdown) where previously it simply refused to quit unless Force Quit. The trick in question: Unsubscribe from Apple's RSS feed (which is automatically subscribed to).
In addition, prior to the above change at various troubleshooting steps over several weeks I had also deleted all Notes, ToDos, rebuilt Mailboxes etc. Essentially I have eliminated all additional functionality in Mail, just so that I can use it to send and receive email without a glitch.
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Close the mail app and reset your iPad.
Closing apps in iOS 7 works like this. Drag the app up from the multitasking display. Double tap the home button and you will see apps lined up going left to right across the screen. Swipe to get to the app that you want to close and then swipe "up" on the app preview thumbnail to close it.
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