Mail program is retrieving every e-mail from the server every time I open it.

Each time I open my mail, it retrieves every e-mail that is on the server. I know that the problem is not with Comcast, because I downloaded Thunderbird and it works just fine. Once a message has been retrieved, it does not retrieve it again.
My iMac is Version 10.6.8.
Thank you,
Nancy

To find out if it's system wide or user specific, try this...
Open System Preferences>Accounts, unlock the lock, click on the little plus icon, make a new admin account, log out & into the new account.
Setup one mail account for a test.
Does Mail work in the new account?

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