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Mail application freezing, how do I fix it?

Hello, I am having trouble with the Mail application on my Macbook.

If I try to open it, it freezes with the coloured spinning wheel for a long time. Then eventually there is an error box asking if I want to rebuild the index but I can't can't click on it because the spinning wheel won't stop.

I had no problems up until I was on a site on the internet and trying to log out of the site, it froze (with the spinning wheel).

Couldn't shut it down etc so I had to hold the power button down.

After this, I've had probs with it freezing generally and this problem with my Mail application.