A mail POP server is not downloading to my Mac. (It is fine on my iPhone.)

My mail application (Mail 5.2) is not downloading one of my POP servers. The others are fine and this one downloads OK to my iPhone. I have tried rebuilding the mail account and same problem. This used to work fine until a couple of weeks ago. The communication test says OK so the password and address are fine. Any one with similar experience? Any ideas on how to fix?

The answer of BobTheFisherman is perfect.
If your provider also have an IMAP server it is only a matter to setup your mail.
If your provider has only POP  you can try to set the server to do not delete the mail after downloaded by the iPhone.  Not all POP servers let you to use this setting.  Try the setting on the iPhone and you will receive the mails also on the Mac.  But if you get the mail before with the Mac you will not have it in the iPhone.
I have only IMAP, do not know if you can set also Mail on Mac to leave mail on the server after download.
But if you leave the messages on the server with both your devices you should remember to connect to the server from time to time with a browser to manually delete the mail or your box will quickly be full.

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