Mail backups are interfering with my access

Mail is forever downloading supposedly new incoming messages (most recently to the tune of 360,000 messages!) Sometimes they show up in trash and sometimes they are not to be found. When I find them in trash (which I keep deleting to no effect) they appear to be backups made about twice a minute! Even if I wanted to find a previous version, I couldn't wade through that many backups. This is ridiculous and interferes with Mail's job of sending and receiving actual mail and even with other internet access.
I do a lot of my message writing offline, if that makes any difference. I even tried Secure Delete once and it made no difference - but I was offline at the time. Secure Delete scares me as I have too often accidentally deleted unintended items. Processor 1.7 GHz intel Core 15 (or is it iS?); Memory 4 GB 1600 MHz DDR3; local internet quality usually very slow. Don't know what other information might help.
Thanks, saltyrobn

I blew it! I closed rather than quit Mail (not even sure of the difference). Found an Envelope file that was 3.2MB! Deleted them and went back to mail. One account seems to have been restored including 22 outbox messages from up to 2 years ago! Some of which I know did get out already. Others I don't know.
Another account shows an empty inbox with the sub boxes also empty.
I redid it, properly. Quit instead of closed Mail and deleted the 3.2 or thereabouts MB of envelope files. Started Mail. Eventually my second account was restored.
It is now showing incoming messages at 167353 and climbing. Checked trash. A whole bunch of backup copies yet again but nowhere near the 160000 is says are already in. At least not yet. While writing that the incoming message count has climbed to 169433.
Robn

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