Mail won't download messages

There is a thread similar to this on the Tiger mail forum -as of this afternoon (18th) mail suddenly will not download new messages. I know not why but need a fix ASAP! When I click on 'Get Mail' it seems to connect to the server and starts to fetch the first of however many new messages have accumulated (an ever growing number) but then stops after about a minute and no new messages. When looking at the console.log it says that the connection with the incoming server 'timed out'. Seems to be a mail issue, at least so says my ISP (Web.com -formerly interland). Also seems to be happening to some people on the Tiger forum who have reached a similar conclusion -but no fix as far as I can see.
My incoming account is a POP -nothing special about it.
Any help greatly appreciated.
TIA
Hub

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I did the below process mentioned in this thread, then closed Mail and rebooted cold. No change. :-((
Still no email download from my primary identity. Panic set in. Sleep on it. Pray to Woz.
Next day. Perfect! Can anyone explain this?
Jonathan
[email protected]
Something to try.
Quit Mail first and using the Finder go to Home >
Library > Mail > this POP account named folder (named
by the user name and incoming mail server for the
account) > MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded.
Delete the MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded file and
empty the Trash.
Launch Mail and a new MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded
file will be created automatically within the account
named folder and if successful, any previously
downloaded messages that remain on the server will be
downloaded again along with any new messages
available on the server not yet downloaded.
Solution worked for me.
Thanks
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