Muleskinner wrote:

1. I get duplicates at the time of the download from the mail
servers.
In other words, I can check my earthlink account via webmail and there
might be one message there. When I download that message via
Outlook, I will get anywhere from 2 to 4 copies of that message.
After downloading with Outlook, a check of my earthlink account will
show the mail box empty. This is the same with my other email account.
2. Duplicate messages come from two different ISPs. One is my local
ISP that allows me access to the internet via DSL connection. The
other is a volunteer group earthlink account. Not all messages from
eather account come in multiples, just some. Those that do are
always the same senders.
3. I do NOT have the "Leave messages on the server" block checked for
either account.
4. I have created a NEW profile. This did not help. I did not copy
my existing profile, but created one from scratch.
5. I have created a .PRF file using the Custom Installation Wizard.
No help here either.
6. I have run the Detect and Repair option of Outlook. No help.
7. I have checked with the customer services departments of both
ISPs. They both indicate that the problem is with Outlook, not with
them.

No where in here do I see where you diabled you mail scanner and increased
your server timeout values.
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Brian Tillman