On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:23:56 +0100, abc wrote:

"N. Miller" wrote in message
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On Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:32:23 +0100, abc wrote:

Please can you confirm if my understanding is correct?
Once i've setup POP for my hotmail account, my bulk folder will not be
downloaded, only the Inbox?

That is correct. POP3 is an older protocol, which does not synchronize
local folders with server folders. Rather, it downloads messages from
the server Inbox. And MSOE does not default to the "Leave messages on
the server"; you have to consciously select that option, or the email
messages will be deleted from the server.

Is the Junk Mail folder a local folder? I dont quite understand.

The POP3 protocol does not "understand" the concept of folders. It only
understands, "mailbox", as a simple repository of unread email on the
server. Furthermore, MS Outlook Express, when accessing a POP3 server, also
doesn't "understand" the concept of folders. It only know the generic,
global "Inbox" under the "Local Folders" tree. All email downloaded from all
POP3 accounts (you can have more than one) are dumped in this same, common
folder.

I access my Junk Mail folder alot from OE but now that I've configure
Hotmail for POP3, I cannot see my Junk Mail folder anymore.

If you migrated properly, you shouldn't even see the "Hotmail" folder tree
in your 'Folders' pane. MSOE does not know about anything like a "Junk"
folder; unless you have a third party add-on which created it.

Do I now have to goto the webpage and look at Junk Mail folder there to see
if there's mail I've missed?

Unless you want to download Windows Live Mail, then, yes, you will need to
check the web view to check the Junk folder.

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Norman
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