[ALUG] Evolution downloads duplicate emails each time it connects to POP server

[samwise]

On 23/07/07, sagr <alug1 at suffolk-ancestor-genealogy-research.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I have recently installed Ubuntu 7.04 and am using the Evolution mail
> client version 2.10.1 to access my POP server hosted by 1&1.
>
> I access my emails via two PC's (one running Windows, the other Linux)
> so have set Evolution (on my Linux PC) to "Leave Message On Server" so
> they are available to download on my Windows PC (I currently use Windows
> as my main PC but just want occasional access to email on my Linux
> PC).
>
> The problem is that when I tell Evolution to "Send & Receive" it
> downloads all the emails on the POP server even though it has already
> downloaded them earlier.  I am therefore downloading a complete
> duplicate set of emails each time I do a "Send & Receive" filling my
> Evolution inbox with multiple copies of the same emails.
>
> Is this a problem with Evolution, Linux, my ISP's POP server, or just
> because I have incorrectly configured something?
>
> Any suggestions welcome!
>
> Sagr.

Can't really help much (I hate Evolution!) but it sounds like an
Evolution problem.  It's doing the right thing by leaving the files on
the server but it's failing to recognise them again, next time around.
 I'd think it unlikely that your ISP's server or your operating system
(Linux) would be interfering with the mails.

Fiddle with the account settings in Evolution and then try Googling,
is my advice!

Peter.