in Mail Preferences, make sure that under the Accounts: Advanced tab you have instructed mail to delete email off the server, otherwise all email will be saved. sandor ----------------------------------- On Mar 6, 2004, at 3:58 AM, Linda Hutcheson wrote: > Has this happened to anyone else? When I boot up Apple Mail I can see > it accessing my server (roadrunner) and a quick list of the number of > emails. But after downloading only 3 or 4 it quits downloading. I > ended up with over 2000 emails on the server and had to delete them > all from the website. > > I have Mail 1.3.2 running OSX panther on a mirror front G4. > > Any idea what is causing the problem? Is it time to find another mail > application? > > Linda