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George Marshall
[Outlook 2002 on Win XP]
Just recently, I have been stuck receiving the same message over and
over - thousands of copies before I noticed it the first time.
The date & time stamp and content are identical, and every time I check
mail it downloaded exactly ten more copies. The message was spam, of
course :-(
My ISP says it was Outlook's fault, in that it was improperly
downloading the same message, and that it would probably go away if I
changed my OL settings to not leave any messages on the server (I
normally have them stay on for five days).
He was right, in that the problem with that particular message went away
immediately after I set OL to not leave messages on the server.
However, I *like* leaving messages on the server for a few days, as it
has saved my sanity before when I had a major system crash and needed to
recover lost messages. When I reverted to a '5 days" setting for email
left on the server, I started having the same problem with another piece
of spam that is very similar to the previous one.
Is there a solution? Is there a way to maintain that 'emergency
backlog" of messages on the server without Outlook being vulnerable to
this problem?
Thanks,
George
Just recently, I have been stuck receiving the same message over and
over - thousands of copies before I noticed it the first time.
The date & time stamp and content are identical, and every time I check
mail it downloaded exactly ten more copies. The message was spam, of
course :-(
My ISP says it was Outlook's fault, in that it was improperly
downloading the same message, and that it would probably go away if I
changed my OL settings to not leave any messages on the server (I
normally have them stay on for five days).
He was right, in that the problem with that particular message went away
immediately after I set OL to not leave messages on the server.
However, I *like* leaving messages on the server for a few days, as it
has saved my sanity before when I had a major system crash and needed to
recover lost messages. When I reverted to a '5 days" setting for email
left on the server, I started having the same problem with another piece
of spam that is very similar to the previous one.
Is there a solution? Is there a way to maintain that 'emergency
backlog" of messages on the server without Outlook being vulnerable to
this problem?
Thanks,
George