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Mail is showing duplicated incoming messages !
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<blockquote data-quote="IslandOwl" data-source="post: 1037638" data-attributes="member: 125216"><p><strong>Use "Rebuild" after remvong plist</strong></p><p></p><p>vja4,</p><p></p><p>If I am understanding you correctly, I think the plist removal did not work for you because you missed a step. </p><p></p><p>Find the file called <com.Apple.Mail.plist></p><p>It is in your Home folder (whatever you named it)>Library>Preferences NOT PreferencePanes.</p><p></p><p>Find that file and drag it to your Desktop. Leave it there because you will need it if this does not work.</p><p></p><p>Now open your mail and run Rebuild (last item under the Mailbox menu).</p><p></p><p>Another similar possibility is to do it this way:</p><p>You can try forcing the database to rebuild. Shut down Mail if it is running and use the Finder to navigate to ~/Library/Mail. Drag the file named Envelope Index to your desktop and then start Mail again. The database will get rebuilt and your messages should come back. You can then trash the index file.</p><p></p><p>I don't know why the emails duplicate BUT since I rebuilt the database it has never done it again. Good luck!</p><p></p><p>Lastly, I have heard about programs to remove duplicates but have never tried any.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IslandOwl, post: 1037638, member: 125216"] [b]Use "Rebuild" after remvong plist[/b] vja4, If I am understanding you correctly, I think the plist removal did not work for you because you missed a step. Find the file called <com.Apple.Mail.plist> It is in your Home folder (whatever you named it)>Library>Preferences NOT PreferencePanes. Find that file and drag it to your Desktop. Leave it there because you will need it if this does not work. Now open your mail and run Rebuild (last item under the Mailbox menu). Another similar possibility is to do it this way: You can try forcing the database to rebuild. Shut down Mail if it is running and use the Finder to navigate to ~/Library/Mail. Drag the file named Envelope Index to your desktop and then start Mail again. The database will get rebuilt and your messages should come back. You can then trash the index file. I don't know why the emails duplicate BUT since I rebuilt the database it has never done it again. Good luck! Lastly, I have heard about programs to remove duplicates but have never tried any. [/QUOTE]
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