I am receiving duplicate emails in my windows mail inbox. How can I stop this?

Anonymous
2010-03-08T20:38:46+00:00

My Windows Mail emails arrive in twos.....each email is delivered two times. Any suggestions as to how to stop this?

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2010-03-08T20:43:26+00:00

My Windows Mail emails arrive in twos.....each email is delivered two times. Any suggestions as to how to stop this?

Only speculations :

  1. You have 2 identical e-mail accounts. Open Windows Mail > Tools > Accounts. See 2 identical accounts ?
  2. Your anti-virus program has an e-mail scanning action which causes havoc. It is wise to disable that scanning option.

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2010-03-08T20:42:09+00:00

Tools | Accounts | Mail Section. Any chance you have the same account listed twice?

Bruce Hagen MS-MVP [Mail]

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-07-25T21:52:35+00:00

    Do these three things checking as you go,

     

    Remove the account, reboot and then add the account back.

     

    Try compacting and repairing the database.

    WMUtil

    http://www.oehelp.com/WMUtil/Default.aspx

     

    Turn off e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It is a redundant layer of protection that eats up CPUs, slows down sending and receiving, and causes a multitude of problems such as time-outs, account setting changes and has even been responsible for loss of messages. Your up-to-date A/V program will continue to protect you sufficiently. For more, see:

    http://www.oehelp.com/OETips.aspx#3 

    Why you don't need your anti-virus to scan your email

    http://thundercloud.net/infoave/tutorials/email-scanning/index.htm

    The most efficient way to do this is to completely remove the anti-virus program and then do a custom installation. When the opportunity to opt out of e-mail scanning arises, opt out. 

    Thanks I am going to try this, and also I think I just downloaded Firefox again & that seemed to be when it started. But always before that, when I shut down for the night, a window always asks if I want to close 2 tabs. Is that the virus scanner?

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-07-25T23:58:06+00:00

    Thanks I am going to try this, and also I think I just downloaded Firefox again & that seemed to be when it started. But always before that, when I shut down for the night, a window always asks if I want to close 2 tabs. Is that the virus scanner?

               

    This thread is about Windows Live Mail, an e-mail client, not a mail service you access via a browser. Please start your own new thread in the forum for the e-mail program you use.

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-01-17T23:22:11+00:00

    I recently encountered this duplicate message downloading as a SINGLE EVENT, when Verizon.net recently changed servers, and sent instructions for "migration" over to their latest set-up.  Current messages are NOT duplicating, however, absolutely EVERYTHING previous to my migration, is now duplicated in my inbox!   Arrrrgggghhhh....

    Is there any quick way to either scan &/or delete JUST THE EXISTING DUPLICATES in my desktop inbox folder at this time?

    Manually, onesy-twosy doing it, is a royal PIA (I had like 6k total stored messages ...now 12k with EVERYTHING previous to last month "duplicate" as a result - remember current emails are NOT duplicating) - and it just is well... plain annoying (and space wasting) is all.

    TIA for any suggestions or directions to (even an aftermarket/plug-in scanning/de-duper) tool.

    Cheers,

    -Grant

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