Mail Version 4.5

However, if I go to Safari I can both send and receive mail in the normal way.
Mail in OSX locks me out for the rest of the day. if I return to the iMac or MacBook after about 24 hours mail returns on both machines an we are back to normal. As a control-test I then send a message from my iPod Touch and mail now locks me out once again and I have to wait until the following day to access mail again!
Has anyone any idea why this happens?
John Marriott