Apple Mail shows duplicate message in Sent mailbox - HOW TO FIX IT?

I have sent a message with Apple Mail 7.3 on Mac with OS X Mavericks 10.9.3, and it shows DUPLICATED in the Sent mailbox of Mail. I mean, two entries with the very same message inside are displayed, yet, as said, I only sent it once! I am using POP.
Selecting "Mailbox - Rebuild", quitting and opening Mail, repairing permissions with Apple Disk Utility, restarting the Mac, and even resetting the PRAM does not fix it.
I have seen the following article, but cannot find the "MessageSorting.plist" in Mavericks that it indicates:
How to Fix Duplicate Emails Sent From Apple Email
http://www.ehow.com/how_12135498_fix-duplicate-emails-sent-apple-email.html
Any idea on how to prevent this duplication behavior (beyond deleting one of such messages, which, of course, I can do); I mean, to fixing whatever is corrupted and prevent such behavior happening again in the future?
What is the equivalent of "MessageSorting.plist" in Mavericks to do what indicates the above article?
Thanks.

I have exactly the same problem. Didn't find a solution yet.

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