Some accounts don't retrieve mail

Hi,
I have 4 accounts in my mail settings. Only the first 2 (.mac and another) seem to be working fine. Mail does not retrieve mail from the other 2 accounts (2 different domains). When looking at the activity window during 'get mail' I see that it checks my first domain but doesn't even looks at the other two.
I already deleted the 'envelope index' but the problems remains.
Has any one a suggestion ? I need my mails urgently...
Thank you

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