incoming emails disappear as they are received

on a brand new dell computer, I set up outlook to download mail from my ISP.
when I clicked send/recieve the inbox showed 33 messages received, but then
the probram froze while the counter on the inbox started to count backwards,
and when i could finally open the inbox, there were no messages in it. i
called a friend, asked him to send me an email while the inbox was open. I
received a popup notice that a new email had arrived, but as quickly as it
arrived it disappeared. Where are my emails going?

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"kealii21" wrote in message
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on a brand new dell computer, I set up outlook to download mail from my
ISP.
when I clicked send/recieve the inbox showed 33 messages received, but
then
the probram froze while the counter on the inbox started to count
backwards,
and when i could finally open the inbox, there were no messages in it. i
called a friend, asked him to send me an email while the inbox was open.
I
received a popup notice that a new email had arrived, but as quickly as it
arrived it disappeared. Where are my emails going?