POP3/EarthLink Synchronization in Outlook Express

[Tom]

I am working with Windows XP and Outlook Express 6.0 and
IE Ver 6.0 SP1. Periodically, I am unable to receive
messages for my EarthLink account (however I have no
problems receiving messages from my Hotmail account).

I have started a dummy Outlook account (as I would like
to keep using Outlook Express, as this is where all my
addresses are located as well as message archives), and
it seems to work OK with that.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Tom