Application Email has stopped unexpectedly

I keep getting the message:

"The application Email (process com.android.email) has stopped unexpectedly.  Please try again."

This message keeps popping up while I am in the middle of other things in my phone (texting, gaming, calling, etc...) and it is so annoying.  It is like it is trying to sync with my outlook account but can't reach it so it gives me this error.  The annoying part is that it wont let me into the email program to change any settings or even delete my email account.  Someone please help because this is so annoying, it freezes my phone for a couple of seconds and makes it so hard to use.

I am honestly regretting buying this phone right now.  It has not been a very pleasant experience thus far.

Thank you.

johnnyhammer,

What version of Android are you running? 2.1 or 2.2?

Reason I ask, this problem only happened to me after I upgraded to 2.2. Email worked flawlessly before the updgrade.

I am trying to establish whether this issue is specific to 2.2 or not. Right now, I am very frustrated with this phone as email access to my work exchange server is critical for me.

Anyone else with similar experience please chime in.

Thanks !

Linxey, why did you not return it within the 15 day window? It really sounds like you have a hardware problem.

I'm on Bell..I have been back a few times.  Unfortunately, the problems didn't start until the end of the return period.  I should have gone with the cheap phone.  I have had to reset to the default settings twice...It's going to be a long 3 years.

Thanks everyone.

Do the Iphone have this many problems?

Yep same issue - e-mail and calendar were both working beautifully until I updated to Froyo (2.2), since then the calendar and e-mail have been constantly crashing, where the phone vibrates causing the entire phone to become less responsive. E-mail freezes out on a blank screen. I noticed the problem seems worse when I get a new e-mail notification and I try clicking through to it from the notification area...

When I performed the Froyo upgrade I just let Kies worry about it and updated with all my accounts and settings already there, so I thought a solution might be to perform a hard reset and just reconnect my Exchange account from scratch. That seemed to work for a few hours but I'm now back in the same messy situation.

Help anyone? This seems to be a widespread issue, should we expect an update from Samsung or should I start looking for new Exchange clients?

Hello all,
I am experiencing the same issue in that the phone hangs and the request to force restart or close appears. Naturally the freeze occurs at the worst time. 
Did anyone come up with a solution for this problem?
I have a GT-I9000, running 2.2, with Froyo.HVJP4 build