Mail doesn't import mail

i both an older version of mail under my G4 PPC Mac OS X 10.3.9 and newer version with my G4 ibook Mac OS X 10.4.9. pop account's on both computers are setup with exactly the same details and used to both received mail when opened. some time last year the PPC mail stopped receiving mail, it does send mail which puzzles me further and further more if there is mail waiting to be inboxed it will check and recognise them but still not actually download them. my problem does here does anyone have any ideas

Hi bibben.
Have you made any changes to the junk filter in Preferences > Junk Mail > Advanced? Try this:
1. Go to Preferences > Junk Mail, disable junk mail filtering, then enable it again. This resets the rule that governs what the junk filter does.
2. Choose either Training or Automatic mode (it doesn’t matter) and leave the other options checked. Click Advanced to see how the junk filter rule is defined now if you want, but don’t touch anything there.
3. Reset the junk filter database (Preferences > Junk Mail > Reset).

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