HT2500 Mac mail macbook pro 10.6.8 receiving messages hear chime but no mail notification. cannot see or open

Mac Mail. receiving messages. I hear chime. Cannot see notifications in inbox or mail icon in dock. Thus cannot open messages. Macbook pro 2009 10.6.8.

Hi Softwater,
Thanks for your kind and swift response.
It's not the recent e-mails which I'm worried about.
They can stay on the server until I've resolved my OLD e-mails, 99% of which are long deleted from their servers.
I'm deliberately keeping Mail offline until I've retrieved my 20 year e-mail history, all of which has been put into sub-folders within sub-folders within sub-folders.
I've got to get my e-mail history back.
Thanks.
Best,
Michael

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