Receiving emails 3-4 times each
 

Just recently i started receiving all emails 3-4 times each (often days
apart)

Deleted folders.dbx & reinstated
Deleted accounts and reinstated

No Difference

I dont think the problem is with ISP (i dont know for sure so it could be)

Is O/Express corrupt?

Receiving emails 3-4 times each
 

Is this a Pop3 account? Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Servers.
Uncheck: Leave a copy of messages on the server if it is checked. Then close
OE and delete the Pop3uidl.dbx file. The messages may be downloaded one more
time, but that should be it.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

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 & Win2K03, 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 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}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"JethroUK©" wrote in message
...
Just recently i started receiving all emails 3-4 times each (often days
apart)

Deleted folders.dbx & reinstated
Deleted accounts and reinstated

No Difference

I dont think the problem is with ISP (i dont know for sure so it could be)

Is O/Express corrupt?

Receiving emails 3-4 times each
 

"JethroUK©" je napisal v sporoèilo
...
Just recently i started receiving all emails 3-4 times each (often days
apart)

Deleted folders.dbx & reinstated
Deleted accounts and reinstated

No Difference

I dont think the problem is with ISP (i dont know for sure so it could be)

Is O/Express corrupt?

Receiving emails 3-4 times each
 

rosae
"JethroUK©" ha scritto nel messaggio
...
Just recently i started receiving all emails 3-4 times each (often days
apart)

Deleted folders.dbx & reinstated
Deleted accounts and reinstated

No Difference

I dont think the problem is with ISP (i dont know for sure so it could be)

Is O/Express corrupt?

Receiving emails 3-4 times each
 

none of my accounts leave a copy on the server - i think i have an isp
problem - thanks anyhow


"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
| Is this a Pop3 account? Tools | Accounts | Mail | Properties | Servers.
| Uncheck: Leave a copy of messages on the server if it is checked. Then
close
| OE and delete the Pop3uidl.dbx file. The messages may be downloaded one
more
| time, but that should be it.
| --
| Bruce Hagen
| MS-MVP Outlook Express
| ~IB-CA~
|
| 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 & Win2K03, 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 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}.
| --
| Bruce Hagen
| MS-MVP Outlook Express
| ~IB-CA~
|
| "JethroUK©" wrote in message
| ...
| Just recently i started receiving all emails 3-4 times each (often days
| apart)
|
| Deleted folders.dbx & reinstated
| Deleted accounts and reinstated
|
| No Difference
|
| I dont think the problem is with ISP (i dont know for sure so it could
be)
|
| Is O/Express corrupt?
|
|
|