Re: Deleted Messages Reappear in Inbox

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Is it a POP3 or an IMAP account?

If it's IMAP, are your periodically purging the IMAP folders, and not simply deleting messages? You can set OE to purge automatically under Tools|Options|Maintenance.

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"dl270a" <dl270a@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:CAD11B30-8701-4CD9-9A96-9227AB8B5A39@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
It is not a Hotmail (or other free email service) account.



"PA Bear" wrote:

If this is happening in your Hotmail-in-OE inbox, see
http://www.insideoe.com/faqs/why.htm#dupes
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (Shell, IE/OE) & Security

Mastering Newsgroups in Outlook Express
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/community/columns/newsgroups.mspx

dl270a wrote:
> I have done both of those and still have the problem.  After some other
> research I believe the problem could be McAfee Internet Security which is
> also running on the PC.  I have disabled e-mail virus scanning, disabled
> the spam filter, and compacted the e-mail folders in addition to your
> suggestions.  Is there anything else you think I should try?  Thanks for
> the assistance and best regards.
>
> "Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE" wrote:
>
> > "DL270A" <dl270a@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:0c8301c53a23$08ef8b30$a501280a@xxxxxxx
> > > I have user running Outlook Express version 6.  After
> > > messages are deleted from the Inbox and also permanently
> > > deleted from the Deleted Items folders, they reappear in
> > > the Inbox after Outlook Express and Windows XP are
> > > restarted.  I have tried deleting all of the .dbx files,
> > > but the messages continue to reappear in the inbox.  The
> > > e-mail account is a POP3 and I have verified these
> > > messages are not on the e-mail server.
> > >
> > > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
> > 1. Open OE and go to Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder and
> > write down where OE is storing its data files.
> > 2. Close OE.
> > 3. Go there with Windows Explorer (with Win2K and WinXP you will have
> > to set Windows Explorer to show hidden files (Tools | Folder Options |
> > View).
> > 4. Delete Pop3uidl.dbx
> > 5. The messages should download once more, but that's it.
> >
> > Another thing to try is to go to Tools | Accounts and double click the
> > account.  On the Advanced tab uncheck the option to leave a copy on the
> > server.
> >
> > --




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