Mail not showing IN or OUT messages

hello
Suddenly my mail app does not show any messages INBOX or SENT or anything else for that matter.
the wheel keeps runing all night with no old or new messages displayed.
even the progress bar of incoming messages gets stuck at 70% progress
Please help
thank you

I'm having the same issue. No emails after April 21 are showing in the inbox. If I go to the get account info page you can see the emails and it even says they are downloaded, but they are not showing up in the inbox.
Any suggestions?

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First I would sign out of Mail right away.
Second I would go to your email's website and sign into there. Examples... icloud.com, hotmail.com, yahoo.com and whatever you use. Just to see if it's happening there. If it is happening there, then I strongly suggest changing your email address and whatever website you used it on for login information.
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