Apple Mail sends duplicate emails everytime!

I have hotmail setup through Apple Mail. Everytime I send an email or reply it sends 2 copies! Anyone else have this problem or know a solution?

Hi
This seems a common problem of Microsoft mail click the link below to view a previous discussion on this subject.
It's worthwhile doing a Google search also as this issue goes back a long way.
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So If I save few emails in drafts - then later want to send tham at the same time - I can go to drafts and highlight them and choose messages > send
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i think I had done that....
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I have been sending duplicate emails inadvertantly recently. It seems it's when I use mBox for mac (registered copy) in Mail to use my Hotmail with IMAP.
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          Subject:           Test 19th
          Date:           May 29, 2012 12:06:19 AM GMT+08:00
          To: yyyyy <[email protected]>
Content-Type:           text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding:           7bit
          X-Smtp-Server:           smtp.live.com:[email protected]
          X-Universally-Unique-Identifier:           fb14cd4f-e68c-43fa-8d0b-950df8394fde
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          Mime-Version:           1.0 (Apple Message framework v1278)
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          Subject:           Test 19th
          Date:           May 29, 2012 12:06:19 AM GMT+08:00
          To: yyyyy <[email protected]>
          X-Originating-Ip:           [zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz]
          X-Originating-Email:           [[email protected]]
          Message-Id:           <[email protected]>
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Content-Type:           text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding:           7bit
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@ Kokola
Great staff!!! MBox Fluent Factory is very poor app.
I was having problem with duplicated sent emails and cleaning up my inbox, sent items and deleting emails. Try to contact them via email for over 3 months and never got a reply!
I just used the suggested configuration and my Entourage (email app for MAC) is working perfetcly. I can visualise all my online folders now!
Thank you so much!
mBox never addressed the issue and the duplicated emails reached new levels of annoyance but the good thing is that Hotmail and Outlook.com finally rolled out support for IMAP.
Incoming Mail Server: imap-mail.outlook.com
Outgoing Mail Server: smtp-mail.outlook.com
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/outlook/send-receive-from-app
No more duplication issues once you switch over, and no need for a third party (mBox)software to bridge the missing feature gap.

Outlook sends duplicate emails

Some users may have encounter the issue that Outlook sends duplicate emails to the recipients, this can be really frustrating as the
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Send emails on Web first
Before we determine whether it is a server side issue or Outlook client side issue, please logon the webmail, or OWA for Exchange Accounts, send some test emails to have
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As some Anti-Virus programs may have been integrated with Outlook to keep the users from spams and viruses, it may also bring some issues sometimes. The program may also scan the outgoing emails and bring troubles, such as making the emails sent multiple
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Similar to Anti-Virus program integration, it can be some add-ins, we can run Outlook in Safe Mode as well:
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In Outlook we can set an interval according to which Outlook performs a Send/Receive task. Imagine there is an email with a large attachment needs to send, the sending process starts in the first Send/Receive task, but doesn’t complete when the second Send/Receive
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I found two related links, It might be caused by two or more Outlook clients are logged into the same mailbox at the same time, or some inappropriate configurations in Outlook.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/scotch/archive/2010/04/14/duplicate-messages-in-outlook.aspx
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