TS3276 Mail will not quit

Mail will not give the option to quit.  Cannot turn off computer without closing mail but it will not highlight that option so that it can be clicked on.  Any suggestions?

Choose Force Quit from the Apple menu and close it from there.
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    since updating my powermac g5 dual core to leopard 10.5.6 i m finding that when i can read my mail inbox until i go to another folder, then the inbox appears blank - also, i am unable to quit mail without using force quit

    You may want to check these threads:
    “[SOLUTION] Mail will not quit”
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1849306&tstart=60
    "Mail not responding, Can't quit"
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=9300421#9300421
    "Just Upgraded to Leopard - No Messages in Mail!!"
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1830441&start=60&tstart=0
    "Mailboxes are empty after upgrade to 10.5.6"
    http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1954038&tstart=0
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2537
    as recommended by adamast, kevinbayarea and Ernie Stamper and Nickiwi

  • Shut Down aborted because Mail will not quit

    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.
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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.
    Take a look at these threads for some pointers:
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=8174290#8174290
    http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=7807482#7807482

  • Why mail will not quit?

    Mail will not quit, and prevents macbook pro from shutting down/restarting.
    It will not quit, and does not give the option to force quit.

    Looks like the Mavericks upgrade has messed with a lot of people's installations, and some Apple applications (like Mail, or Safari) seem more highly impacted than third-parties'.
    In your case, Mail appears to be gobbling up CPU cycles and RAM. You could install this little gem called atMonitor, highlight the Mail line in the main windows, then click on the "renice" button in the top right. You can then give it a "20" value (the lowest possible CPU grade for an application or service in OS X), then click on "Set and remember".
    Mail should behave from then on, and close down gracefully when you ask it too, because you put a cap to its CPU usage.
    One caveat: atMonitor must be running for the settings to take effect upon reboot. You can add it to your startup items.
    There's another app called Dock Dodger that will prevent the atMonitor from showing in your Dock all the time.

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    Suddenly, mail will not quit and will not show.  mail will not allow  restart . I used disk utility to repair permissions and verify disk, but still have the problem.
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    I clicked the apple icon, I used :Force Quit then selected mail.  It worked.

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  • My mail will not quit

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    I have a similar problem with Mail, but repairing disk permissions did not help.
    This might be useful - check out the post by Simpleton1972
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  • Mail will not quit keeps re-opening...

    Hi
    This is driving me mad, mail will force quit but re-opens immediately and does not allow me to show down...
    If I use the guest account mail quit and I can shut down... what the???
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