>>Subject: PM 5.2.2 downloading old messages
>>From: "Frank Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2006 01:12:52 -0700
>>
>>My PM 5 has always been set to delete emails from the server 5 days after
>>downloading. The "Retrieve messages left on server again" box is unchecked.
>>
>>I downloaded and installed 5.2.2 yesterday and it seemed to download my
>>mail OK. But just now it downloaded 526 old email messages dating back
>>several months.
>>
>>It has taken me an hour to get trash them all again and I suspect I have
>>trashed some file I wanted to keep.
>>
>>Almost all of these old emails should have been deleted from my ISP's
>>server long ago. Why were they still there?
>>
>>Anyone else had this problem?

I've had this problem for years on several accounts. I have a script,
DeleteDups 0.9, available on demand that will help delete duplicates,
saving you lots of work in a situation like this.

PM 5.2.3 Swedish | OS X 10.4.5 | Powerbook G4/400Mhz | 1GB RAM | 30GB HD

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