Sends mail, does not receive mail, have to force quit everytime

just trying to figure out what to do, I have one account that sends and receives perfectly, the second account will send, but the wheel keeps spinning on the receive end of things. and I have to force quit everytime I open mail.

Hi kd&press, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Not certain, but this can fix myriad Mail problems...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move these folder & file to the Desktop.
Move this Folder to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Caches/Mail/
Move this file to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Reboot.
PS. Safe boot may stay on the gray radian for a long time, let it go, it's trying to repair the Hard Drive.

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If I send mail there is no problem but if I try and receive I just get a little plink noise and nothing comes in.
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2 There was a thread about keychain passwords affecting mail, so I re set all keychain passwords to do with mail
3 I have followed BDAqua advice on the safe re boot then repair disk permissions etc
4 I have removed all of my messages from my webmail account including the trash and sent items to remove any message that might be affecting my Mail.
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To replace Mail with Eudora etc is only an option if I use the free to use version as I have no Credit Card and the nearest Mac shop is in Johannesburg 2,500kms away!
I am currently downloading update 2009-001, maybe this will unlock what is happening....

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3 I have followed BDAqua advice on the safe re boot then repair disk permissions etc
Did it include this?
First, Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then move the following folder & file to the Desktop.
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Move this file to the Desktop...
/Users/YourUserName/Library/Mail/Envelope Index
Reboot.
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