Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Advanced. Uncheck: Leave a copy of
messages on the server. Then delete the Pop3uidl.dbx file. You will get the
messages one more time, but that should be it.
Tools | Options | Maintenance | Store Folder will reveal the location of
your Outlook Express files. Press the Tab key to highlight the folder
location, then Ctrl+C. Close OE, then Start | Run | Ctrl+V will put the
location in the box - Click OK and you'll see the OE files. Otherwise, write
the location down and navigate to it in Windows Explorer.
In WinXP, Win2K & Win2K3, the OE user files (DBX and WAB) are by default
marked as hidden. To view these files in Windows Explorer, you must enable
Show Hidden Files and Folders under Start | Control Panel | Folder Options
Icon | View, or in Windows Explorer | Tools | Folder Options | View.
With OE closed, find the DBX file for the folder in question {Pop3uidl.dbx}
and delete it. A new one will be created automatically when you open OE.
General precautions for Outlook Express:
Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupt. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and move your
mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.
After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.
Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no folders are
open. Then: File | Work Offline (or double click Working Online in the
Status Bar). File | Folder | Compact all folders. Don't touch anything until
the compacting is completed.
Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer
of protection that eats up CPUs and causes a multitude of problems such as
time-outs and account setting changes. Your up-to-date A/V program will
continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:
http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3
In Tools | Options | Maintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
A further note when using AVG.
Reinstall AVG and choose Custom Mode. Uncheck E-mail Scanning when you see
that option. For some reason, just unchecking it in the security center
causes a conflict with the Windows Security Center.
Make sure you reboot when you're done.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
"King Triton" King
wrote in message
...
I have been running OE6 for several years trouble free. About two months
ago, I started getting multiple copie (up to 10 sometimes) of the same
messages in my Inbox, but I haven't made any changes to OE. The box on
the
Advanced tab of the email account "Properties" that says "Leave a copy of
messages on server" has never been checked.
I have been running Cloudmark to detect spam (and it works great), and AVG
Free to detect viruses, both of which seem fine. My ISP watched the
messages
on their server while I watched them download onto my computer, but they
didn't get deleted from the server for some time.
A typical event will show emails downloading (1 of 33, for example) from
my
ISP, then ten minutes later the same emails will download, plus any new
ones.
Eventually the copies stop, but it's a pain.
What's the best solution here? I'd like to keep my present messages and
data.
Thanks,
Mark