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.

t-4-2

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Anonymous
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
    2015-12-09T15:05:46+00:00

    Check Gmail via web browser. Settings, then "Forward and POP/IMAP". Make sure IMAP is enabled and POP is disabled. When I had the duplicate problem, both were enabled. Disabling POP fixed the issue for me.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-09-05T02:10:54+00:00

    In my case I had the same problem.

    CAUSE: gmail account email address was also used on an apple account. So since my apple device carries my calendar I had the SAME GMAIL email address on two different accounts, one GMAIL and one APPLE.

    RESOLVED:

    Changed the apple account email which was ""@gmail.com, to ""@icloud.com (changed on the Microsoft mail application). Apple gives you two user names so it was simple.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-08-11T04:49:07+00:00

    Open windows Live mail. Look at Tools, Accounts, Mail, Properties, Advanced for each mail

    account.  Do you have the Leave a copy on server option enabled?  if so remove this option on all accounts.

    worked for me regards

    Thx - that was helpful for me as well  Cheers from OZ  (dont mention the cricket)

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