WLM isn't downloading hotmail folders

Just installed Windows Live Mail and for some reason it isn't downloading the
folders I have in my hotmail account, it just downloads all messages to
"inbox"!?! It didn't do this on any windows install before. I'm using Win7
and the latest version of WLM.....

Anyone any ideas how to solve this please?

Just to clarify, I first added my hotmail account to WLM and used the default
http settings, then I deleted it and added it with manual POP3 and SMTP
settings, which downloaded my emails as described below, but in addition to
not downloading the folders, it showed every message as unread, and wouldn't
let me send emails!?!

"Gareth" wrote:

> Just installed Windows Live Mail and for some reason it isn't downloading the
> folders I have in my hotmail account, it just downloads all messages to
> "inbox"!?! It didn't do this on any windows install before. I'm using Win7
> and the latest version of WLM.....
>
> Anyone any ideas how to solve this please?

Sounds like you installed that account as a POP account rather than a
HTTP account. Try setting it up again.
Note: When you delete a POP account in Windows Live Mail it deletes
all the messages that were in that account's mail folders.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Gareth" <> wrote in message news:EF2C5EB7-5C52-4652-9F3E-...
> Just installed Windows Live Mail and for some reason it isn't downloading the
> folders I have in my hotmail account, it just downloads all messages to
> "inbox"!?! It didn't do this on any windows install before. I'm using Win7
> and the latest version of WLM.....
>
> Anyone any ideas how to solve this please?

POP3 supports the Inbox folder only. If you want to see all the folders
as they exist on the Hotmail server, the account in WLM must use the
HTTP protocol.

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/def...le/vandermolen


"Gareth" <> wrote in message news:121916DA-BB8A-4C50-96EB-...
> Just to clarify, I first added my hotmail account to WLM and used the default
> http settings, then I deleted it and added it with manual POP3 and SMTP
> settings, which downloaded my emails as described below, but in addition to
> not downloading the folders, it showed every message as unread, and wouldn't
> let me send emails!?!
>
> "Gareth" wrote:
>
>> Just installed Windows Live Mail and for some reason it isn't downloading the
>> folders I have in my hotmail account, it just downloads all messages to
>> "inbox"!?! It didn't do this on any windows install before. I'm using Win7
>> and the latest version of WLM.....
>>
>> Anyone any ideas how to solve this please?

Login to your Hotmail account and see if the messages are still in the
Inbox.
If not, then check the Deleted folder.

Who told you to use pop3?
--
Ron Sommer
MS MVP-Mail

"Gareth" <> wrote in message
news:121916DA-BB8A-4C50-96EB-...
> Just to clarify, I first added my hotmail account to WLM and used the
> default
> http settings, then I deleted it and added it with manual POP3 and SMTP
> settings, which downloaded my emails as described below, but in addition
> to
> not downloading the folders, it showed every message as unread, and
> wouldn't
> let me send emails!?!
>
> "Gareth" wrote:
>
>> Just installed Windows Live Mail and for some reason it isn't downloading
>> the
>> folders I have in my hotmail account, it just downloads all messages to
>> "inbox"!?! It didn't do this on any windows install before. I'm using
>> Win7
>> and the latest version of WLM.....
>>
>> Anyone any ideas how to solve this please?

"Ron Sommer" <> wrote in message news:...
> Login to your Hotmail account and see if the messages are still in the Inbox.
**> If not, then check the Deleted folder.**


**And do it within the next 4 days...otherwise they will most likely disappear from the web folders.

--
....winston
MS-MVP[Mail]

On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 22:05:34 -0600, Ron Sommer wrote:

> Who told you to use pop3?

Most likely some MS email, communicating the (then) pending demise of
WebDAV. Except that the communication was not all that clear on who should
(MSOE, MSOL, Entourage) change to POP3, and who (Windows Live Mail) does not
need to change.

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