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Lisa Gaudet Posted on May 13, 2014

I am receiving a copy of every e-mail I send. How can I stop this from happening?

  • Janis
    Janis May 13, 2014

    Are you receiving a copy from one e-mail service to another? Did you check if you had settings set-up for this?

  • ivan
    ivan May 14, 2014

    i keep receiving sent emails back to "me" in sent email why does yahoo have to reinvent the wheel when i wasfine as it was?

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Step-By-Step, written so that even an extreme beginner can follow - sorry if it seems condescending to people who are more familiar with how this stuff usually works:

While you are signed in to your email find the icon near the upper right corner of the screen that looks like a little gear & click on it - there will be a drop-down menu that opens.

Click on 'Settings'. There will be a window that pops open .
In the left hand column of the new screen find 'Writing email' and click on it.

At the top of the screen that opens you will find text that says
'When sending messages'
Make sure that there is NOT a check mark in the box in front of where it says
'Save a copy of the message in the Sent folder' (If there is a check mark where you do not want one, click on it and it will disappear).

At the bottom left of the screen click on the SAVE button.

You should return to the screen you were on before clicking on the icon.

If this does not remedy the problem please post again.

Testimonial: "I want a copy of the e-mail to be saved in my sent file, so I don't want to uncheck the box to save message in the sent file. The problem is, I am actually receiving a new e-mail in my inbox whenever I reply to an e-mail, as well as, the copy in my sent file."

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