Barry
Tue Oct 10 07:42:14 CDT 2006
On 10/10/06 03:40, in article
1160448027.644993.272750@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com, "chimpybits@gmail.com"
<chimpybits@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> After doing a typical rebuild of my 1.5 GB database (Office version
> 10.1.7; POP email) I hit Send & Receive and received ~ 4000 unread
> emails. Random checks revealed that they are duplicates of emails in
> folders. However, I haven't checked every one so I'm not comfortable
> deleting them all. Since I backed up my Microsoft User Folder prior to
> doing the rebuild I tried quiting all Office apps, copying back that
> folder to the documents folder and re-opening Entourage. No luck.
> Suggestions? Is there a 'find duplicates' script for Entourage? Other
> ideas?
>
Yes, that will happen to a pop account after a rebuild, when you have 'leave
mail on server' checked.
The POP protocol is really designed to have the mail deleted after
collection, and any fudge to make it work differently is bound to break down
sooner or later. During the rebuild Entourage loses the pointers to which
messages have already been retrieved, so you get the whole bunch again.
I have a 'remove duplicates' script available here:
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http://homepage.mac.com/barryw/scripts/scripts.html>
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Barry Wainwright
Microsoft MVP (see
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com for details)
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