Are you automatically virus scanning incoming emails?
Turn the email scan off.

Tools, Options, Maintenance tab, Store Folder button, check each Identity to
see if the Store Folders are the same.

Both users may not be sharing the same Store Folder.
--
Ron Sommer

"AvuncularJ" wrote in message
oups.com...
: 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
: --
: Ron Sommer
:
: wrote in message
: oups.com...
: :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.
: :
: