"mail" will not dowload messages from server

My "mail" program has been working fine until today. Now it will not download my messages from the server. I have made no changes what so ever in the settings and I have reviewed them & they seem ok. Being a rather new (6 mo) to mac I have no idea where to start. I have a duo intel 20 and when I switch to Outlook Express in windows no problem. Any ideas would be appreciated. I have it set to check for mail every 5 min. Also I can send ok. Jim Johnston

Hi Jim
I have a similar problem. Mail stopped receiving messages from the server on Tuesday afternoon around 4pm. I can see the messages on the server via a webmail page, so I know messages are there.
Strange twists:
1 if i rebuild the inbox, Mail will fetch all the mails from the server - but only those dating from before c4pm last Tuesday - the later ones stay on the server and are not fetched
2 ditto if I trash the preference file for received mail (as recommended in other posts) - again, it will fetch all mails up until c4pm on Tuesday, and no later
3 ditto if I trash the entire account, and then add a new account with the same settings - again, it will fetch messges only from before c4pm on Tuesday
4 my dotmac mails are set to forward to the server/account in question. Mail will fetch all of these successfully from the server - even those dating from after c4pm on Tuesday - so what am I to make of that?! The account and server are identical to the one in points 1-3 above.
I have (of course) contacted my ISP and they are mystified - they said they'll get back to me, but that was 36 hours ago and no news yet...
I read somewhere that filling the HD can have weird knock-on effects on Mail. My HD did temporarily fill as I was importing my iTunes library from my backup disk (I got the warning that the library wouldn't fit, so I cancelled the entire operation and actually imported nothing at all). I still have more than 6GB free on the HD.
I can send mails successfully using the account/server/ISP in question.
Can anyone help?

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