Gary VanderMolen

It should work. I have eight different POP accounts, and all work.
It is possible that your accounts are corrupted, possibly due to a
non-compatible antivirus program.
Recreate the accounts from scratch, then delete the old accounts.

Gary VanderMolen

"Steve C-R" <SteveCR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:52E889B6-98DD-442C-ACF6-9F672F43E0C4@microsoft.com...
> They are all Pop accounts, with the same ISP, all set up exactly the same as
> they were under XP and same as I have in Thunderbird, which both worked, just
> Windows Mail refuses to download the messages from the server. It contacts
> the server, then just moves on to the next account, only ever downloading
> from the Default account.
>
> And I have already tried recieving messages from each account individualy,
> no message rules have been set up to move the mail to specific folders either.
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:
>
>> "Steve C-R" <SteveCR@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:B1D9F813-9D93-48E2-A76F-4FB575CC2384@microsoft.com...
>> > Hi, since I upgraded to Vista Home Premium, Windows Mail only ever seems
>> > to
>> > download emails from the 'default' account and leaves all the other emails
>> > from my different accounts, up on the server.
>> >
>> > I have checked I have the correct usernames, server addresses etc, I get
>> > no
>> > error messages, it just don't download the emails... at all... I know it
>> > isn't a 'server' problem, as in Mozilla Thunderbird, it does all five
>> > email
>> > accounts on the same settings.
>>
>>
>> If these are all POP3 accounts, they will all download to the Inbox unless
>> you have created other folders and made Message Rules to move them there.
>> How do you know it isn't downloading the other accounts?
>> Try sending a message to one of the other accounts.