Also,
you could have a large message that is not being downloaded.
Do you have webmail access?
All messages have to download for the messages to be marked as downloaded.
--
Ron Sommer

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Please read my reply and try everything suggested, especially "please post
the
error message in its entirety".
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bob T" wrote in message
...
No , I keep getting the same messages over and over. what i do is delete
the
message and emty the deleted items folder and close outlook. after a
period
of time i recieve notice of new messages . when i open outlook i find the
same messages that i have previously deleted and at the same time i
recieve
a pop up that states that pop3 is not able to be found and has timed out
--
bob t


"Bruce Hagen" wrote:

When you say "outlook express keeps sending" do you mean you keep
receiving
messages sent by another party? Many possible reasons.

Duplicate messages.

For Hotmail, or IMAP accounts:

ToolsOptionsGeneral tab. Uncheck either: When starting, go directly to
my
Inbox folder or, Send and receive messages at startup.

For a POP3 account, see:
http://www.insideoe.com/problems/bugs.htm#pop3uidl

Do you have Leave a copy of messages on the server checked? Tools |
Accounts
| Mail | Properties | Advanced. Uncheck it.

Turn of e-mail scanning in your anti-virus program. It offers no added
protection and can cause Time-outs. An Anti-Spam program can also be
responsible for this. If that does not resolve the problem, please post
the
error message in its entirety.

Do not archive mail in default OE folders. They will eventually become
corrupted. Create your own user defined folders for storing mail and
move
your mail to them. Empty Deleted Items folder regularly. Keep user
created
folders under 100MB, and Default folders as empty as is feasible.

After you are done, follow up by compacting your folders manually while
working *offline* and do it often.

Click on Outlook Express at the top of the folder tree so no
folders are open. Then: FileWork Offline (or double click Working
Online in
the Status Bar). FileFolderCompact all folders. Don't touch anything
until
the compacting is completed.

In ToolsOptionsMaintenance: Uncheck Compact messages in background and
leave it unchecked. {N/A if running XP/SP2}.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS MVP - Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bob T" wrote in message
news When I have read an email and delete it i outloook express keeps
sending
the
email so i end up with lots of the same emails . also when i check
the
inbox
i receive a message that POP3 has timed out and do i want to wait .


is this a Virus ? i have run my virus checker but it does not list any
--
bob t