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messages not all downloading into inbox

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the green bar at the bottom of screen of inbox lights up fully for a moment then goes to quarter or less, and message on left of bottom of screen momentarily shows "downloading header of 1 of 3 messages", then goes blank. some messages do come in.

the green bar at the bottom of screen of inbox lights up fully for a moment then goes to quarter or less, and message on left of bottom of screen momentarily shows "downloading header of 1 of 3 messages", then goes blank. some messages do come in.

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Thanks Matt The problem was caused by two malformatted messages. They have now been marked as read, so problem has gone away. Thanks for your efforts Bill