Your current Identity may be damaged, especially if its the default Main
Identity. Try one or more of your accounts in a new Named Identity (File
Identities Add new identity). Assuming all is well, (1) compact all
folders in the old identity, (2) import messages from the old identity into
the new one, and then (3) delete the old one (File Identities Manage
Identities).

To avoid such corruption in futu

- Don't use Inbox or Sent Items to archive messages. Move them to local
folders created for this purpose.

- Empty Deleted Items folder daily.

- Disable Background Compacting [not available in SP2] and frequently
perform a manual compact of all OE folders while "working offline". More at
http://www.insideoe.com/files/maintain.htm

- WinXP SP2 only: Do not shut down your machine while Windows is
automatically compacting your message store.

- Your anti-virus application's email scanning feature can also cause such
corruption. Disable it. It provides no additional protection.

--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.org/

Big Geoff wrote:
Tried your idea Bruce, made no difference. The same 3 emails that will
not
receive appear in all of the email accounts. Could this be a software
problem in OE?
Any further ideas please?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Do you have this set up? If not, try it and send about 5 test messages
with
your PC and then check the laptop.

If both computers are using the same e-mail address, on both machines:

Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced - Check: Leave a copy of
messages on the server.

On one machine, check to Delete messages after X days to assure the
server
does not get clogged up.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Big Geoff" wrote in message
...
After downloading all messages using my PC I get this result on my
laptop
when I attempt send and receive:
"Checking for new messages on @tuflow gofree@...
Receiving message 1 of 3

Then it just stops like this after the first message appears to have
been
received.
I have checked the server and I have no messages on it at all. My PC
sends
and receives in OE on the same address, no problem.
I have removed and re-installed OE, no different.
I am lost on this.

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

If they did not download, then they are on the server. Do you know for
sure
that there are messages that are not downloaded? What is telling you
this?
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Big Geoff" wrote in message
...
They do not appear on the server.
The problem is only on my laptop, my PC receives from the same email
account
- no problem. Any other suggestions please?

"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

Go to your mail server's Website and read them and delete them there.
Then,
heed these helpful hints for OE.

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually
become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and
move
your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually
while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders
are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in
the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch
anything
until
the compacting is completed.

Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a
redundant
layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems
such
as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program
will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3

In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in
background
and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.

And backup often.

Backup & Resto
http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/backup/

This is a great two click program:

Outlook Express Quick Backup (OEQB)
http://www.oehelp.com/OEBackup/Default.aspx
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA


"Big Geoff" wrote in message
...
I have 4 email addresses. On any of them the last 3 emails will not
come
in,
no matter how long I wait for the server to receive them.
Sending is no problem.
This is only a problem on my laptop, my PC receives and sends - no
problems.
Please can you help?