Optimal settings for 2 PCs with Outlook 2003/same mail account?

[Joe Ferguson]

Hey all...

I've got a PC on my desk at work, and a laptop that goes home with me.

Both access 2 of the same email accounts, and both should get all of the
same emails. I set it up yesterday in the Advanced tab of More Settings
that Outlook should leave a copy of the mail on the server, should be
deleted after 3 days, and I also checked that it should be deleted after
being deleted from the Deleted Items folder in Outlook.

This morning I look on the laptop, and there are 5 copies of each email
received overnight, and when I got in to the office and looked at the
desktop, there was only one copy of each message. No one else accessing
this mail server has complained of a similar problem, either, so I'm
assuming it was the configuration of my two computers.

Can anyone shed some light here for me?

Thanks!

-joe

 

[Brian Tillman]

This morning I look on the laptop, and there are 5 copies of each
email received overnight

Often caused by a send/receive interval and/or server timeout value set too
short.