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07-15-2007

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> The email client program sends the command to delete downloaded
> emails from the server only after ALL emails have been successfully
> downloaded. Sometimes there is a corrupted email on the server
> which prevents the download from finishing, so the delete command
> is not issued, and the same emails will be downloaded on the next cycle.
> To fix this, you will have to use your provider's web interface (webmail)
> to look at the emails sitting on the server. The stuck one will typically
> be the largest, and will need to be deleted.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "Natalie" <Natalie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7E7777F0-B960-4A51-AC37-6661DC983DA8@microsoft.com...
> > For some reason Windows Mail is not deleting SOME of the emails off of the
> > POP3 server that I have received into my inbox. The "leave a copy of
> > messages on server" box is NOT checked in the advanced tab. The messages
> > that stay on the server are retrieved over and over again on every
> > send/receive and my inbox gets filled with multiple copies of the same
> > messages. Strangely, it does not happen to all inbound messages. Does
> > anyone have any of why this is happening?
>
>
> Thanks Gary, this is happening to far too many of the messages I receive (but not all). I have gone into webmail and manually deleted the offenders to stop the constant inflow, but there has to be a reason this is happening. As I write this reply I have already received 16 copies (I have check for new mail set for 1 minute) of the post reply notification from Microsoft regarding this issue (all having the same received time and date), but 3 other emails were transferred to my inbox with no issue. This is a new PC with Vista and Windows Mail and I did not have this issue with my last PC using Outlook Express. I have seen several other posts with the same issue, but were described slightly differently. I wonder if there could be a systemic issue with Windows Mail?

07-15-2007	#7 (permalink)
Natalie n/a posts	Re: Windows Mail not deleting received mail from POP3 server "Gary VanderMolen" wrote: > The email client program sends the command to delete downloaded > emails from the server only after ALL emails have been successfully > downloaded. Sometimes there is a corrupted email on the server > which prevents the download from finishing, so the delete command > is not issued, and the same emails will be downloaded on the next cycle. > To fix this, you will have to use your provider's web interface (webmail) > to look at the emails sitting on the server. The stuck one will typically > be the largest, and will need to be deleted. > > Gary VanderMolen > > "Natalie" <Natalie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7E7777F0-B960-4A51-AC37-6661DC983DA8@microsoft.com... > > For some reason Windows Mail is not deleting SOME of the emails off of the > > POP3 server that I have received into my inbox. The "leave a copy of > > messages on server" box is NOT checked in the advanced tab. The messages > > that stay on the server are retrieved over and over again on every > > send/receive and my inbox gets filled with multiple copies of the same > > messages. Strangely, it does not happen to all inbound messages. Does > > anyone have any of why this is happening? > > > Thanks Gary, this is happening to far too many of the messages I receive (but not all). I have gone into webmail and manually deleted the offenders to stop the constant inflow, but there has to be a reason this is happening. As I write this reply I have already received 16 copies (I have check for new mail set for 1 minute) of the post reply notification from Microsoft regarding this issue (all having the same received time and date), but 3 other emails were transferred to my inbox with no issue. This is a new PC with Vista and Windows Mail and I did not have this issue with my last PC using Outlook Express. I have seen several other posts with the same issue, but were described slightly differently. I wonder if there could be a systemic issue with Windows Mail?
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