Re: Multiple copies of messages with IMAP



On 19/12/05 21:24, in article BFCC651C.65A8%jzienowicz@xxxxxxx, "Jeff
Zienowicz" <jzienowicz@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 12/19/05 12:05 PM, in article
> 1135022716.799841.22680@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "j355ga@xxxxxxxxx"
> <j355ga@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I am experiencing this problem as well. I am receiving multiple copies
>> of random emails from my IMAP server (mailcan.com). This does not
>> happen all the time. It has occurred twice in the past week. The only
>> way to delete the email from Entourage is to rebuild the database.
>> Does anybody have a solution (other than rebuilding the database)?
>>
> When I've had this problem in the past, repairing the message list
> (control-click on your IMAP Inbox folder, or Opt-Splat-L) has cleared it up
> without having to do a database rebuild.
>

A rebuild will only delete the message cache for an IMAP account, causing
Entourage to download all the messages again. You can achieve exactly the
same effect by control-clicking (right-clicking) on the server icon and
choosing 'empty cache' from the contextual menu.

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Barry Wainwright
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