Received duplicate and sometimes triplicate e-mails

This problem started three days ago. It will show in my dock that I have 2 new messages. I check them and then I see that they are duplicates of the same received mail. I then go to delete them and a couple minutes later I will get the same mail again for a third time. Any idea what is going on? Qwest with MSN is my ISP. I don't have this problem when I receive mail to my MSN account. The problem is only with my mac.com e-mail address. Any idea what is going on?

kkat,
Welcome to Apple Discussions.
If this is only happening on your .Mac account, you appear not to be the only one that is experiencing that problem. The Deleted Messages Keep Re-Appearing post in .Mac Email On Your Desktop Forum reports similar problems.
;~)

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