Here are instructions how to eliminate email notifications about initially plased orders (orders with status I):
You can fix this issue for X-cart version 3.3.X in a following way:
Edit script include/func.php
find the following piece of code (it is located in the function func_place_order() line 116
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func_send_mail($config["Company"]["orders_department"], "mail/order_notification_subj.tpl", "mail/order_notification_admin.tpl", $userinfo["email"], true, true);
func_send_mail($userinfo["email"], "mail/order_customer_subj.tpl", "mail/order_customer.tpl", $config["Company"]["orders_department"], false);
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and comment these 2 lines (symbol #):
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#func_send_mail($config["Company"]["orders_department"], "mail/order_notification_subj.tpl", "mail/order_notification_admin.tpl", $userinfo["email"], true, true);
#func_send_mail($userinfo["email"], "mail/order_customer_subj.tpl", "mail/order_customer.tpl", $config["Company"]["orders_department"], false);
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X-cart will stop sending you notifications of orders preplacement.