An account ignores my POP server...?

I am running mail Version 2.0.5 (746/746.2). I have 2 POP accounts in the app. Last Friday Mail stopped picking up messages from one of my accounts. It hooks into the POP server and logs off but with no error message.
I've pinged the server and it's there. I have accessed the mail from the webmail facility provided by my ISP and there's new mail but still Mail won't pick it up.
Any ideas?
Thanks
Adam
Powerbook G4 Mac OS X (10.4.3) 768MB DDR SDRAM 1.33ghz

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