Can receive mail, but it doesn't show up in inbox?

My inbox has randomly stopped receiving new mail. When I click "Get Mail," the Message Activity Bar does say there are incoming messages, yet once completed, no new mail shows up in my inbox.
I can send emails fine. The problem is the inbox.
(I have a POP account if this makes any difference.)

I had exactly the same problem. Messages were on the server but would not display on my inbox. I have a Cox POP account. I deleted my mail setup from the mail program and reinstalled with no luck.
On an off chance, I added my second e-mail account to MAC mail first. All of my test e-mails showed up. I then deleted out my first e-mail account setup in MAIL program. I then re-added my original POP mail account that would not display my inbox e-mail. All of a sudden, my inbox started retrieving both of my e-mails & displaying them properly in my inbox.
I have no idea why this worked but it did. Prior to this I tried to delete out my original e-mail setup, rebuild my mail boxes... but none of this worked.
Hope this helps.

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