Ron - Correcting my previous reply, this suggestion together with the one
below produced the result I wanted. Having made the gmail settings change and
d/l my entire gmail inbox except, for some reason the emails I wanted, I
deleted the .dbx file you named again, d/l from gmail a second time, and got
what I needed. Thanks again.

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

In OE, Tools, Options, Maintenance tab, Store Folder button, right click,
Select All, right click, copy.
Close OE.
Start, Run, right click, Paste.
OK
NOTE: in XP the dbx files may be hidden, in My Computer, Tools, Folder
Options, View tab, check Show hidden files.
Delete pop3uidl.dbx
--
Ronald Sommer

"Maud" wrote in message
...
:I opened OE, which automatically d/l email from my gmail account. Shortly
: thereafter, the power cord on my PC was knocked out of place. Fortunately,
: when I re-booted all was well, except the most recently d/l email messages
: were no longer in my inbox. But they won't d/l again, because somewhere
they
: are apparently logged as having been d/l already. I don't think this is a
: gmail setting, because I seem to remember wanting to d/l some email again
: from my previous ISP's server, and not being able to. Does anyone know if
: there is a way to get OE to d/l the same email messages, which remain in a
: webmail account, more than once? Thanks for any help. (OE6, SP2)