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(Message started by: Sandy_C on Feb 14^th, 2008, 1:31pm)

Title: Puter Guru's Needed
Post by Sandy_C on Feb 14^th, 2008, 1:31pm

I've been receiving my e-mail through Microsoft Outlook for years. My server is my local phone company, and when I open Outlook, it goes to the server and automatically loads new messages.

Yesterday morning, everything was fine as usual. In the afternoon, my Outlook inbox showed exact duplicates of every new message. In other words, I got two of everything.

Today, I did not open Outlook, but went directly on to my phone company e-mail box to check my messages. There was only one of each message there, but when I opened Outlook, it picked up two of each of those same messages.

Since I receive some humongous attachments (CAD drawings, etc), I'm worried that at some point, my Outlook inbox will be "full" because I'm receiving two of everything.

Can someone tell me what the heck happened and how do I stop it?

Thanks

Sandy

Title: Re: Puter Guru's Needed
Post by Kirk on Feb 14^th, 2008, 9:30pm

I would switch from Lookout Express to Mozilla Thunderbird, for your E-Mail client. You can get it here http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/ . You can import everything from your old mail client during the install process.
I think it just might do the trick for you. Just my [smiley=twocents.gif]

Title: Re: Puter Guru's Needed
Post by superhawk2300 on Feb 14^th, 2008, 9:50pm

It is not likely that your Outlook In-Box will get "full". It really can't get full, per sae.

Are you using Outlook Express that comes with windows or Outlook that comes with an Office product?

What version?

I know of a problem where Outlook (Express I think) will time out when downloading a very large file. You will then re-download all your next batch of mail. Go to your ISP webmail client and delete the too big message, reboot your pc and fire up outlook again. You will get duplicates one more time then it should go away.

There has been problems about people who leave some messages purposly on their mail servers expericing this problem when using OE. No fix for it except do not leave messages on your mail server.

If that doesn't work you could try going to where your mail is stored, usually C:\WINDOWS\Application
Data\Identities\etc. Then rename the pop3*.* files and reboot. You will receive all the mail one more time, then after that only new messages, but this is only for OE as well.

Let me know how it goes.