Mac Mail is duplicating all my messages!

At an alarming rate. it doesn't even matter if I am connected to the internet or not. It is making 2 and 3 copies of every message and I can't stop it. tried restarting, nothing.
what to do?
thanks!

they show up once yes - it's doing it categorically. every single message. the time stamps are the same.
as I said - it doesn't need to be connected to the internet necessarily. I can take it off line and it will still duplicate.
there is no rule in my preferences.
THANKS for the help gregor!
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