New to Windows Live

I just switched over from Windows XP, where I used Outlook for my email. My
new Windows 7 machine doesn't have Outlook, so I'm trying to read my email
via Live. I have multiple accounts, and I actually like how the accounts are
listed separately.

For some reason, I can't seem to reliably receive email from my main gmail
account. At first it was bypassing the inbox and going straight to "all
mail"--and not showing as unread. I uninstalled and re-installed this email
address, and now "all mail" is no longer showing. I get new email, but once
I look at it, it disappears (I'm not deleting it). Any suggestions on how to
set up a gmail account so that i get my messages in the inbox and they stay
there until I delete or move them??

Help!!

Each folder has its own view.
Alt + V, Show or hide, Show all messages.
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"Deb" <> wrote in message
news:C7F638AC-96CC-4788-AEF3-...
> I just switched over from Windows XP, where I used Outlook for my email.
> My
> new Windows 7 machine doesn't have Outlook, so I'm trying to read my email
> via Live. I have multiple accounts, and I actually like how the accounts
> are
> listed separately.
>
> For some reason, I can't seem to reliably receive email from my main gmail
> account. At first it was bypassing the inbox and going straight to "all
> mail"--and not showing as unread. I uninstalled and re-installed this
> email
> address, and now "all mail" is no longer showing. I get new email, but
> once
> I look at it, it disappears (I'm not deleting it). Any suggestions on how
> to
> set up a gmail account so that i get my messages in the inbox and they
> stay
> there until I delete or move them??
>
> Help!!

On Wed, 2 Dec 2009 19:37:01 -0800, Deb wrote:

> I just switched over from Windows XP, where I used Outlook for my email. My
> new Windows 7 machine doesn't have Outlook ...

I am not aware that any Windows OS came with MS Outlook. If you are
referring to MS Outlook Express, which is a completely different product,
only related to MS Outlook by being an MS product, and having "Outlook" in
the name (sort like "grape" and "grapegruit" are both fruit), that was
bundled with MS Internet Explorer, through version 6, and not available for
Windows versions past XP.

> ... so I'm trying to read my email via Live.

Boy, you really love those unofficial, ambiguous "shortcuts"! Live? What is
that? There is the "Windows Live Essentials" suite of applications. There is
"Windows Live Hotmail". You need to learn to be specific, as in, "Windows
Live Mail". If that is what you are using.

> I have multiple accounts, and I actually like how the accounts are
> listed separately.

That is definitely a feature of Windows Live Mail. (If you must, "WLMail" is
a common abbreviation that retains the disambiguity of the full name.)

> For some reason, I can't seem to reliably receive email from my main gmail
> account. At first it was bypassing the inbox and going straight to "all
> mail"--and not showing as unread. I uninstalled and re-installed this email
> address, and now "all mail" is no longer showing. I get new email, but once
> I look at it, it disappears (I'm not deleting it). Any suggestions on how to
> set up a gmail account so that i get my messages in the inbox and they stay
> there until I delete or move them??
>
> Help!!

I am not sure what "all mail" is. I have a "Quick views" folder, and I have
a set of GMail folders; but I have no "all mail".

For my Gmail account, in "Account properties", on the "IMAP" tab, I have
configured "Folders" as follows:

Root folder path: [Gmail]
[X] Check for new messages in all folders

And "Special Folders" as:

Special Folders
[X] Store special folders on IMAP server
Sent Items path: Sent Mail
Drafts path: Drafts
Deleted items path: Trash
Junk path: Spam

That seems to work.

--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum