2 emails instead of 1.???

[#1]

Hello,i am sure i have seen this subject somewhere a week or so back but can anyone tell me why i seem to be getting,2 copies of the emails i recieve into outlook express.It doesnt happen with everything but just interested why this is happening.

[#2]

Are you doing anything with rules? If so you probably have more than one rule processing the same emails.

[#3]

This can also sometimes happen if you have a corrupt Pop3uidl.dbx file (IIRC this is the file that 'remembers' what has and hasn't been downloaded already).
Closing OE, deleting it and reopening the application sometimes sorts this.

[#4]

Thanks for this info,i will have a look at the suggestions,thanks again.ray.

[#5]

Do the duplicates appear at the same time? If so check out my suggestion. If the same emails are received again the next time you collect mail Bob's suggestion is a high possibility.

[#6]

One other thing it could be is, if it's just PlusNet mails you're getting two of, the fact that PN send mail to both your contact address and the postmaster alias.  If the contact address is being delivered to the same mailbox as the postmaster mail then changing the contact address to "postmaster@username.plus.com" usually fixes things.

[#7]

But not always! I am now getting two Plusnet emails each time, both addressed to postmaster@ 

[#8]

Try checking the message ID of the email (this will be in the headers) to see if it's the same.

[#9]

Thanks Bob! I've already deleted one of them, but I can see what you mean....  The one I kept was enveloped to 'mydefault@', though it showed up in OE as to 'postmaster@'.  Still, if PN is going to require us to maintain 'postmaster@' as official channel, it seems excessive to also send to a chosen alternative?