SMTP New mail appearing in two mailboxes

When I receive new SMTP mail, it appears in both the Inbox folder, and in the All Mail folder located in the Gmail folder (along with Drafts, Sent Mail, Spam etc). I then have to view/delete/relocate (or whatever) the email in both folders every time, which is becoming rather annoying. Is there a way to stop this? Why do I need both Inboxes for my SMTP mail? Can I remove one of them?

Hi tcass. You’re welcome.
Thanks for the clarifications. Yes, you’re using a plug-in to access this account, and it’s the plug-in that does all the grunt work. Mail is a standard POP & IMAP client that knows nothing about other types of accounts.
At this point, I’m not positive I’ll be able to figure out what’s going on here, but let’s look at the contents of your Mail folder in case there is something amiss there.
Report the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/ folder in the Finder.
In order to post the exact file names and avoid typing mistakes, proceed as follows. In the Finder, go to ~/Library/Mail/. With that folder open, if you’re looking at it in View > as List mode, first collapse any expanded folders so that the Finder only shows the files and folders at the first level of ~/Library/Mail/. Now, do Edit > Select All (⌘A), then Edit > Copy (⌘C), and paste it in your reply to this post.
Before actually posting that information, edit it so that the file/folder names do not reveal any details you should keep private, e.g. replace any real username with “username” to hide your real email address. Try to be consistent in how you disguise those details, though, as we may need to refer to them in subsequent posts.
Report also the names of the files and folders present at the first level of the ~/Library/Mail/HTTPMail-username@mailserver/ (or something like that) account folder.
Note: For those not familiarized with the ~/ notation, it refers to the user’s home folder, i.e. ~/Library is the Library folder within the user’s home folder.

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Thanks for the clarifications. Yes, you’re using a plug-in to access this account, and it’s the plug-in that does all the grunt work. Mail is a standard POP & IMAP client that knows nothing about other types of accounts.
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