Email not received in Entourage 2008

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Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

I have had a recurring problem with entourage 2008. From time-to-time it stops receiving email from the exchange server. The only way I have been able to get it work is to delete my existing account and recreate an account from scratch. Entourage will then work for a while but after a while stops working. Sending mail works fine it is just receiving mail that stops working.

I have tried changing the account configuration by using the http and non-http exchange server connections without success.

Any thoughts?

 

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Have managed to get this fixed - by right clicking on the Inbox folder and selecting "Folder Properties" and clicking the Empty button under Empty Cache seems to have done the trick.