Ron, Thank you very much for your reply. Your questions led me to the
solution for the problem. Please also read my reply to Bruce Hagen. When I
checked the message rules I saw that there were 2 message rules entered. The
1st was called the MFN rule and the 2nd is called the New Message Rule. I
remembered that my ISP provided instructions to enter the New Message Rule
but I didn't recall the MFN rule. I found the instruction sheet the ISP gave
me when I first set up my email and it stated the MFN rule should not be
entered with OE so I deleted it and then went back into OE. OE then
downloaded my new messages to the inbox like it is supposed to do so I think
the problem is solved. I don't know how the MFN rule got entered there. I
don't recall doing it myself and OE used to work ok but it stopped showing my
emails in the inbox some time ago and I just decided to try to get the
problem corrected. Thanks again for your help.
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dennis


"Ron Sommer" wrote:

Do you have any messages rules?
Are you virus scanning email?
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Ron Sommer
MVP-Mail

"dennis" wrote in message
...
I have windows xp with service pack 2. I hope someone can help fix my
problem. When I check for email at my ISP and see there is mail to
download
to my computer and then go to Outlook Express, Outlook Express shows it is
checking for new messages but then says there are no new messages. If I
then
go back to my ISP mail it shows the messages that were there have been
deleted. Outlook Express is deleting my mail off my service provider but
showing I have no new messages in my inbox. I tried deleting "Inbox.dbx"
and
restarting Outlook Express but that did not solve the problem. I will
really
appreciate any suggestions you can give. Thanks,
--
dennis