Invitations automatically added to iCal

Hi,
I'm having a problem where incoming meeting invitation emails are being automatically added to iCal and then moved to the Trash folder. I already have Mail>Preferences>General>"Add invitations to iCal" set to "Never" and iCal>Preferences>Advanced>"Automatically retrieve invitations from Mail" is unchecked. I've closed the programs, rebooted, etc. Still does it. Any ideas? Thanks.

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