How to stop Outlook 2003 from repeatedly receiving my emails!

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i just added an email to my outlook 2003 and now every couple of minutes
outllook starts downloading my emails again and again. how do i stop this?
why is this happening? it didn't happen with the first email i set up!
 
how frequently are you checking for new mail? Ctl+Alt+S to bring up the Send
and Receive settings - it should be at least 10 min.
 
i checked the settings and changed it from 5 minutes to 10 minutes. However
the problem is that I am receiving all the emails in my inbox each time so
that iI have multiple copies of each one.
 
if outlook doesn't finish a download because it's interrupted by another
download attempt, the mails are not marked for delete, so until outlook can
complete a mail pass, it will keep redownloading the messages. If you have a
lot, you may need to disable autochecking until Outlook is down or use a web
browser to view the mailbox and delete the messages.
 
I am having the same problem. I have been to road runner tech support, my
remote mail account & deleted the messages, have done a virus scan, have
checked the tools/options area in Outlook and the "save message copy on
server" box is unchecked, and have repeatedly cleared my inbox, spam box, and
deleted box. I don't know what else to do and am sick of deleting the same
messages over again. I have had as many as 6 copies of the same messages, no
matter how many messages are received. Please provide additional suggestions
if any.
Deb
 
same problem here

I set up the account to leave a copy on the server and every single time I
check and download my mail (every 5 minutes on every account - around 10 on
different domains) I have copies of downloaded and checked and deleted
ones....

VERY annoying
Outlook 2000 never acted like that.

PierLuigi Franchi
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"Credo Quia Absurdum"
 
AlienXS said:
I set up the account to leave a copy on the server and every single
time I check and download my mail (every 5 minutes on every account
- around 10 on different domains) I have copies of downloaded and
checked and deleted ones....
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Start with a new mail profile. What you describe is a syymptom of a damaged
profile, which often happens when you upgrade Outlook and don't create a new
profile after the upgrade.
 
Start with a new mail profile. What you describe is a syymptom of a damaged
profile, which often happens when you upgrade Outlook and don't create a new
profile after the upgrade.
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Thanks Brian, will try that and let you know the results :) (fingercrossed)
 
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