Fixed! Aol is my email. Go to mail, settings and then to spam addresses. Hit the garbage can and delete some or all. I deleted all figuring that some were over a year old anyway and the Nigerian royalty who wanted my bank info has moved on.
Then it works normally. Limited to 200 addresses on mine. Samsung S3.
I had a few from striking up a conversation to take gold in exchange for nocturnal rodents and pork bellies from someone who was trying to scam me. Apparently taking rodents for gold sounded just fine and he kept trying. Wait for the look on his face when the flying squirrels show up.