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Earthlink retrieves and multiplies deleted email.

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I use Thunderbird as email client for my Earthlink email accounts (and Gmail too). One of them has been repeatedly alerting me my Trash is overflowing. When I look I see that it has suddenly accumulated a multitude of numerous instances of the same deleted emails. I "empty" my trash and all is well for a week or so, and then the same phenomenon over again. This has happened over and over. I thought it must be an Earthlink problem, but it only happens on this one of several Earthlink email accounts. I removed this account from Thunderbird and the problem seems to have ceased - I access this account now through Earthlink Webmail. Help? Thanks. Ken Hubbard

I use Thunderbird as email client for my Earthlink email accounts (and Gmail too). One of them has been repeatedly alerting me my Trash is overflowing. When I look I see that it has suddenly accumulated a multitude of numerous instances of the same deleted emails. I "empty" my trash and all is well for a week or so, and then the same phenomenon over again. This has happened over and over. I thought it must be an Earthlink problem, but it only happens on this one of several Earthlink email accounts. I removed this account from Thunderbird and the problem seems to have ceased - I access this account now through Earthlink Webmail. Help? Thanks. Ken Hubbard

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