Ron, Alec, thanks for taking the time to respond.

Ron - No, this is not a hotmail account.

For the record I did experiment with the settings and the only effect
was the one expected - that is OE did not send and receive messages at
start up and/or OE did not go directly to my 'Inbox' folder. It did not
resolve the duplicate message issue.

Is there a register specific to one/both of the identies/profiles that
can be reset to coordinate the action of OE to achieve the desired
result?

Thanks again for the thoughts.

Ron Sommer wrote:
Is this a hotmail account?
There is a bug when accessing hotmail.
Do not have both of these settings checked.
Send and Receive messages at startup
When starting, go directly to my 'Inbox' folder
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:I would be grateful for any thoughts on how I might resolve the
: following situation.
:
: My wife and I share the same computer.
:
: It runs Windows ME.
:
: We log in as different users and have separate profiles.
:
: We share a single email address.
:
: We used to receive all of our mail just once. However ever since I
: inadvertently installed a different copy of Outlook Express we have
: been receiving all email twice. Once when my wife checks email and then
: again when I check email.
:
: The Outlook Express inadvertently installed is version 6. I do not know
: what version of Outlook Express I was using before.
:
: I believe that both profiles/identities use the same Pop3uidl.dbx file.
: - When I delete the file both identities retrieve all of the email
: retained on the server of my provider.
:
: Any suggestions as to how I could revert to the previous (ideal)
: situation where we receive only one copy of each file would be
: appreciated.
: