Q – From 2-3 days, my Outlook 2016 is sending multiple copies of the same email. I was unable to sort out the issue. Can anyone suggest me an effective method to fix the error in Outlook?

Sparks

There are several reasons for this error. You need to know them and try to solve them. This will help you to resolve the error and to come back your Outlook in a normal stage.

Tinajero

Here, I am specifying some of the reasons that will hopefully help you to resolve the error.

  • Virus issues in Outlook
  • Server Timeouts
  • Sluggish connection to Mail Host
Staggers

To resolve the error, you can try these steps –

  • Disable anti-virus
  • Increase the send or receive time
  • I hope using these above steps, you will be able to get rid of the error.
Agreen Crabtree

Can you please explain the steps to increase the send or receive interval?

Sharp Blount

Sure, find the easy steps to set send/receive time period of the emails –

  • Go to File menu
  • Go to options > Advanced tab > Send/Receive
  • Set the time period. By default, it is 30 minutes.

To increase the server Timeout, here is the working –

server-time-increase

Dinger

Thank you so much. I have one more question – can I open OST and PST file without Outlook environment? Please provide the solution.

Barbary

If you want your OST and PST file to open without Outlook, you can try several some free tools for this –

  • OST Viewer
  • PST Viewer

Get the useful link for this –

https://www.softaken.com/free-ost-viewer
https://www.softaken.com/free-pst-viewer