How can I stop getting duplicate emails?

I've been getting duplicate emails for as long as I can remember. I've tried the suggestions I've found on these forums, including getting rid of MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded2 from the three mail accounts I use. I have two domains of my own, and my .mac email account, and the duplicates occur with all three accounts - and it's driving me crazy!
I don't get duplicates of all my emails, and it seems quite random, but it does happen a lot.
This happens on my G4 laptop at home, and also on my G5 iMac at work.
I am anxious for a solution that actually works, because nothing I've seen suggested or tried has helped.
Thanks,
Steve
G4 Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

David, the problem appears to be that random messages are downloaded more than once from a server (it could be any of my three servers, two of which are my own domains, and the third of which is my .mac account, which is set up as a .mac account rather than a POP account).
I did notice this, and wouldn't be surprised if it's the cause of the problems: on my home machine, in the ~/library/mail folder, there are three POP account folders.
Two of them match my current email addresses ([email protected] and [email protected]), while the third is labelled "[email protected]@mail.hrksf.com,"
even though I currently use [email protected] rather than [email protected] With me so far?
On my work machine, in the ~/library/mail folder, there are two POP account folders. One is actually for a domain that no longer exists, the other is the same as #3 above - [email protected]@mail.hrksf.com. Somehow, mail.app is using these two folders to download my mail. I have tried deleting the folders but mail.app recreates them. I'm not at work to check at the moment, but I don't think either of those folders contains a MessageUidsAlreadyDownloaded2 file.
I don't know if it matters that these folders don't match my accounts, but I imagine that it does. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Steve
G4 Powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.8)

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