Windows Mail Organisation Attempt Turns to Disaster

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> On Mar 19, 8:43 am, "Synapse Syndrome"
> <syna...@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:

>> I've tried importing the mail store from another computer, and took the
>> opportunity to try importing some older messages.
>>
>> What has happened, while I was trying to organise things, is that my
>> messages seem to have multiplied several times. I now how a huge amount
>> of
>> messages, with many, many duplicates. As things stated getting messy I
>> kept
>> on trying to tidy it up until it all got out of control.
>>
>> In the mail store folder I also have 63 edbxxxxx files which seem to have
>> something to do with this multiplying.
>>
>> How can I get rid of this mess?!?!
>>
>> ss.

> Would it not perhaps be simpler to trash the whole lot and then re-
> import from scratch?
>

> "Gavtech" <God101@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:1174321561.267907.46260@d57g2000hsg.googlegro ups.com...

>>
>>
>> On Mar 19, 8:43 am, "Synapse Syndrome"
>> <syna...@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:

>>> I've tried importing the mail store from another computer, and took the
>>> opportunity to try importing some older messages.
>>>
>>> What has happened, while I was trying to organise things, is that my
>>> messages seem to have multiplied several times. I now how a huge amount
>>> of
>>> messages, with many, many duplicates. As things stated getting messy I
>>> kept
>>> on trying to tidy it up until it all got out of control.
>>>
>>> In the mail store folder I also have 63 edbxxxxx files which seem to
>>> have
>>> something to do with this multiplying.
>>>
>>> How can I get rid of this mess?!?!
>>>
>>> ss.

>> Would it not perhaps be simpler to trash the whole lot and then re-
>> import from scratch?
>>

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> That's what I did in the end, but I still have some duplicates to get rid
> of.
>
> ss.

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> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks, but your program does a lot more than I need, and I only need to
> do this once. I'm being a cheapskate and so am looking fro something
> free, or cheaper.
>
> ss.

> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
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>> www.oehelp.com/OEX/
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>
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> Thanks, but your program does a lot more than I need, and I only need to
> do this once. I'm being a cheapskate and so am looking fro something
> free, or cheaper.
>
> ss.