Why do I keep receiving old emails??

Everytime I open my Mac mail application it repeatedly receives old emails that are now up to a month old. I've tried creating new rules to no avail.
Help please?
Thanks!
1.3.11 (v622)

You've tried creating new rules so this means you have existing rules to automatically sort received messages to user created mailboxes?
If so, this is likely a problem with one the existing rules.
Copied from Mail Help:
To find a problem rule, deactivate all rules and then turn them back on one at a time until the problem reocccurs. Also look for rules whose actions move or copy messages to the inbox or to a custom mailbox located in the inbox. These actions create a loop, so that each time a message is received in your inbox, the rule is activated and the message is moved or copied to the inbox again. Edit the rule to move or copy messages to a mailbox outside of the inbox.

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