My mail won't "quit"

My mail won't shut down - how do I get it to shut down manually?
Thanks,
Alie

Control-click on the Mail icon in the Dock or press the Option, Command, and Escape keys simultaneously; in either case, choose to force quit Mail. In some cases, the application may not quit through this method; if this happens, save all your open documents in other applications and then use the Activity Monitor in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to force quit the loginwindow process. You will then be returned to the login screen if automatic login isn't enabled, or logged back in if it is.
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