Multiple Copies of Emails

What are the dates of creation and last modification on this misplaced Outbox.mbox? Probably should be dispensed with.

Ernie

I wrote some thinking about the issue here: http://www.icoretech.org/2009/09/duplicate-emails-on-snow-leopards-mail/

Ernie Stamper wrote:
What are the dates of creation and last modification on this misplaced Outbox.mbox? Probably should be dispensed with.

Created 21/2/07. (That was my birthday .. maybe it was one of those gifts I didn't know what to do with 😉 ) Modified this morning (which would have ben the time I was checking things over to answer your previous question).

Interestingly I have an item from a few days ago in the outbox in the main "Mailboxes" folder; but the outbox isn't showing up in the Mail interface at present. So I guess I might delete the extra one and see what happens.

Kristine,

Yes, I think that would be a good test to do.

Ernie

Lance,

Having the extra one might have impact the message report is still in the Outbox, but not sure.

Ernie

I'm also having this problem. I have a number of yahoo accounts, a hotmail account and an account through my hosting provider. These accounts were all present in my installation in 10.5.x and worked fine. I access the accounts through the web - where available, through my MacBook and through my iPhone. This process worked impeccably under 10.5.x.
The upgrade to 10.6 has caused the whole process of duplicates being downloaded with no apparent pattern as to why it happens. Upgrading to 10.6.1 has not helped. I have each of the accounts set to never remove the message from the server - I need to be able to access the emails from other computers when on the road. I have several thousand emails in each of the accounts.
On one day when I left the MacBook on and unattended it downloaded 2.6GB of data - in other words each of my messages many times over. As a result I breached my monthly data limit and the speeds got chopped! Looking at my data usage and at the mail boxes it appears that this has been going on since I installed 10.6.
In desperation I deleted all accounts and then created the accounts again from scratch. I was in the process of letting Mail download all the mails from the accounts when lo and behold the duplicates started again. All my accounts are currently set to "Off Line" in Mail as I can't afford the data load that it's creating.
For clarity all are accessed by Mail using POP.
This problem appears widespread and not related to any particular ISP but instead to Mail in 10.6.
The sooner fixed the better Apple.

Ernie Stamper wrote:
Lance,

Having the extra one might have impact the message report is still in the Outbox, but not sure.

Well I've done it, and the duplications are still happening. (And the outbox still isn't visible in the interface.)

Is there a special procedure to uninstall Snow Leopard and get back to Leopard? If something like e-mail is hosed up, it makes me wonder what else might be lurking.

Hi Ernie,

I didn't change anything yet, but this morning I did not receive duplicate mails. I have no explanation, so this doesn't really help in the general problem solving process. Should the problem return, I'll try turning off the 'safe offline' option. Thanks again for your help!

Kristine

Using Yahoo POP, 10.6.1, Mail 4.1, checking from only one computer. Had duplicates, deleted MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded3, the problem went away for 3 days, and is back now.

same problem here. have had it since upgrade to snow leopard.

got four x of the same emails now. is there a solution to this?
thanks,
\todd

Right click (command click) on the inbox, select all (command A) and delete the messages on the server. Change your mail preferences to delete mail from server after downloading. I had mine set to one week to allow for travel, but then realized that if I've downloaded, why leave it on the server.

Douglas Taggart wrote:
Right click (command click) on the inbox, select all (command A) and delete the messages on the server. Change your mail preferences to delete mail from server after downloading. I had mine set to one week to allow for travel, but then realized that if I've downloaded, why leave it on the server.

Douglas,

that is not a solution to this problem. There are those of us who require that email remains on the server for extended periods. Suggesting that the way to fix a bug in Mail is to reduce functionality to the point that the bug has nothing to work on and therefore doesn't occur is not a valid solution. Why should a system "upgrade" remove substantial functionality that operated perfectly well in the previous OS versions?

Apple need to promptly get to the bottom of this issue and provide a fix.

I for one am heartily sick of not having a functioning email system nearly 3 weeks after upgrading to Snow Leopard. Apple is no doubt aware that if there are two "must have" pieces of functionality for any user they are email and browser. Mail under SL is substantially impaired, not to say broken; The Safari browser has an issue with the Flash plugin that other browsers do not have. Adobe points at Apple and Apple at Adobe and meanwhile the users see the CPUs grinding away and the fans screaming.

Simply not good enough - and that from a big and long time Apple supporter.

Regards

Mike

Pelorus1 wrote:

Douglas Taggart wrote:
Right click (command click) on the inbox, select all (command A) and delete the messages on the server. Change your mail preferences to delete mail from server after downloading. I had mine set to one week to allow for travel, but then realized that if I've downloaded, why leave it on the server.

Douglas,

that is not a solution to this problem. There are those of us who require that email remains on the server for extended periods. Suggesting that the way to fix a bug in Mail is to reduce functionality to the point that the bug has nothing to work on and therefore doesn't occur is not a valid solution.

Well in any case, it makes no difference. I've always had mine set to delete from server immediately (i.e. I haven't changed anything). Yet I've had this problem daily since SL.