Re: Duplicates

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Thanks alot for your help. That's great and it worked.

Kind regards


"Kath Adams" <kathadams@(nospam)mvps.org> wrote in message
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> Julia wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> When I download my emails in OE, I get 'duplicate' emails appearing
>> ie. 2 copies of the one email. If I Send/Receive again, the '2nd
>> copy' disappears.
>>
>> Does anybody know why this occurs and how to fix it at all?
>>
>> Thanks alot in advance for your help.
>>
>> Regards
>
> Hotmail or POP3?
>
> 1) Hotmail. That can happen if your Hotmail or IMAP account is the
> default mail account and OE is configured to both open directly to the
> Inbox (which downloads headers automatically) and check for new messages
> when starting (which also downloads headers automatically). To stop the
> duplicates, simply choose one option or the other, but not both. Click
> Tools | Options, then remove the check mark for When starting, go
> directly to my 'Inbox' folder OR the check mark for Send and receive
> messages at startup. If you already have duplicates showing, click Tools
> | Synchronize Account or Synchronize All.
>
> 2) POP3
> Tools>options>maintenance>store folder and note the location.
> Close OE.
> In Windows Explorer, navigate to the place noted and delete POP3uidl.dbx
> Re-open OE and all should be well.
>
> Note that you may have to enable "show hidden files and folders" under
> control panel>folder options>view before you can find and delete the
> folder, depending on your operating system.
>
> --
> Kath Adams
> MS MVP - Windows (IE/OE)
>


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