Mail stopped showing new messages

The Mail program stopped retrieving new emails. It shows my last email came last night, but when I sign into aol.com I have 8 new emails there. Tried closing/rebooting but no luck. Also it's not giving me a password prompt like it sometimes does, so I know it's not a password issue. Any ideas?

*tap tap*
Is this thing on?

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Hello!I had the same problem...and I deleted all my messages from my inbox, switched phone off/on...then sent a message to myself...that seemed to help.

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As of about 4 days ago my Mail app is not displaying new e-mails. It says '19 incoming messages' but they never appear. I have tried:
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Hello jimjazzuk,
Thank you for the details of the issue you are experiencing with email on your MacBook Pro. You have already taken some good steps to isolate the issue to your MacBook Pro. I recommend following the steps in the following article to continue isolating and troubleshooting the issue you are experiencing with Mail:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3276
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I'm using MBP with OS X Lion.
I've been using Mail App for my two Gmail accounts. I also use two different types of mail downloading systems (POP and IMAP) for them. For some reason, the speed of downloading new messages started slowing down a few weeks ago; however, I could still use it until today. Today, it seems like it is completely out.
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