I've been experiencing a similar problem since beginning of September! Some-not all- messages are duplicating,in particular,Wamug stuff.I clear my Server of messages every day and maintain a low level of messages in my Mail App. OS 10.6.8 iMac 27" 3.2 Ghz Intel Core i3 Curious!
On 08/09/2011, at 8:50 AM, Ronda Brown wrote: > > On 08/09/2011, at 4:52 AM, Rick Armstrong wrote: > >> >> For some reason Mail has triplicates of recent received messages from 1 Sept >> to 8 Sept. >> 1. Mail has now 931 unread triplicate messages. >> 2. I cannot delete them. >> 3. I have trashed the ‘Envelope Index’ but Mail crashes when I launch Mail, >> (looks like it is trying to import and rebuild about 12,000 messages before >> it quits). >> 4. As nothing has happened I have put the ‘Envelope Index’ back into Mail >> (Users>Library>Mail) >> 5. I have done the "rebuild" and synchronise" account. >> 6. I have to send this from my iBook because I can't receive or send emails >> now. >> The hard drive is getting full and I have tried to clear some space but >> perhaps it is not enough to enable Mail to rebuild. >> (My quick solution is to go to Officeworks this morning and get an external >> to clear a lot more space on the hard drive OR if the group can suggest >> somewhere else to get an external quickly, I have to do this anyway because >> the drive is getting towards capacity) >> Thanks, Rick >> Tiger 10.4.11 > > Hi Rick, > > Is this a POP Account and are you leaving Mail on The Server? > If it is and you are leaving mail on the server, go to Mail > File > > Preferences > Select the Account, select the Advanced Tap, check "Remove copy > from server after retrieving a message:", and select “Remove Now”. > That will leave nothing on the mail server if you are comfortable with that. > Then, manually delete any additional messages that may be taking up extra > space. > > You can then remove as much as possible from your Hard Drive until you have > enough Free Space on it. > Sounds like your Mail might require some clearing out and your Hard Drive. > > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro 2.3GHz Quad-Core i7 “Thunderbolt" > 2.3GHz / 8GB / 750GB @ 7200rpm HD > > OS X 10.6.8 Snow Leopard > OS X 10.7 Lion > Windows 7 Ultimate (under sufferance) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
