I have three mail accounts, an IMAP account, a Hotmail Free account and a
POP account. I set them up in that order, over a period 3 days..

The IMAP account is my main account, its there I can see it and I can see
its folders, mail comes in mail goes out and the folders synch.

The Hotmail account is there I can see it with its standard folders (inbox,
sent, deleted, junk), I don't keep any data on the Hotmail server, if I want
to keep stuff then I file it in an IMAP folder or a local folder, mail comes
ands goes (via the IMAP server's SMTP gate) from that account OK

When I added my POP account, the one at my ISP, there is no POP account
"header" like the IMAP and Hotmail accounts - its sort of got absorbed into
that thing called Personal Folders.

Is there someway I can make it appear as a regular account like the others,
so I can see what mail is in its inbox, what mail has been sent from it,
etc. I assume that if I had another POP account it would get amalgamated
into the Personal Folders too.

Mail flows to and from the POP account OK - I have a short retention period
on the POP account.
--
TUT

"Before enlightenment, you chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment,
you chop wood and carry water." Buddhist saying
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Urbane Tiger wrote:

I have three mail accounts, an IMAP account, a Hotmail Free account and a
POP account. I set them up in that order, over a period 3 days..

The IMAP account is my main account, its there I can see it and I can see
its folders, mail comes in mail goes out and the folders synch.

The Hotmail account is there I can see it with its standard folders (inbox,
sent, deleted, junk), I don't keep any data on the Hotmail server, if I want
to keep stuff then I file it in an IMAP folder or a local folder, mail comes
ands goes (via the IMAP server's SMTP gate) from that account OK

When I added my POP account, the one at my ISP, there is no POP account
"header" like the IMAP and Hotmail accounts - its sort of got absorbed into
that thing called Personal Folders.

Is there someway I can make it appear as a regular account like the others,
so I can see what mail is in its inbox, what mail has been sent from it,
etc. I assume that if I had another POP account it would get amalgamated
into the Personal Folders too.

Mail flows to and from the POP account OK - I have a short retention period
on the POP account.

Presumably you installed the Outlook Connector add-on to gain access to
your free Hotmail account.

Outlook aggregates all POP and Exchange accounts under one message.
Each message store gets its own root and subtree as you noticed for the
IMAP and HTTP accounts - except for POP & Exchange.

If you want to separate the POP accounts from each other, create a
subfolder under the Inbox folder, name it so you recognize for which
account it gets used, and create a rule to move inbound e-mails that
come through a particular account to its own folder used to collect
e-mails for just that account.

The default name for the store for POP3 accounts is always Personal Folders
(Outlook Today when it is the only store) Try right clicking on the
personal folders file and rename it.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, Urbane Tiger asked:

| I have three mail accounts, an IMAP account, a Hotmail Free account
| and a POP account. I set them up in that order, over a period 3
| days..
|
| The IMAP account is my main account, its there I can see it and I can
| see its folders, mail comes in mail goes out and the folders synch.
|
| The Hotmail account is there I can see it with its standard folders
| (inbox, sent, deleted, junk), I don't keep any data on the Hotmail
| server, if I want to keep stuff then I file it in an IMAP folder or a
| local folder, mail comes ands goes (via the IMAP server's SMTP gate)
| from that account OK
|
| When I added my POP account, the one at my ISP, there is no POP
| account "header" like the IMAP and Hotmail accounts - its sort of
| got absorbed into that thing called Personal Folders.
|
| Is there someway I can make it appear as a regular account like the
| others, so I can see what mail is in its inbox, what mail has been
| sent from it, etc. I assume that if I had another POP account it
| would get amalgamated into the Personal Folders too.
|
| Mail flows to and from the POP account OK - I have a short retention
| period on the POP account.

gDay Vanguard

am I using Outlook Connect to access hotmail? I sure am, works a treat -- is
there some other way !

Re the POP mail aggravation (sic), I'll probably leave as is for now,
creating rules only serves to add to the things that can go wrong.

I'll get used to it, there are too many other things to like about Outlook
to let that bother me too much.

Besides I'd rather write something that made Outlook a better browser:-|
--
TUT

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." -
Eleanor Roosevelt
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TUT


"VanguardLH" wrote in message
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Urbane Tiger wrote:

I have three mail accounts, an IMAP account, a Hotmail Free account and a
POP account. I set them up in that order, over a period 3 days..

The IMAP account is my main account, its there I can see it and I can see
its folders, mail comes in mail goes out and the folders synch.

The Hotmail account is there I can see it with its standard folders
(inbox,
sent, deleted, junk), I don't keep any data on the Hotmail server, if I
want
to keep stuff then I file it in an IMAP folder or a local folder, mail
comes
ands goes (via the IMAP server's SMTP gate) from that account OK

When I added my POP account, the one at my ISP, there is no POP account
"header" like the IMAP and Hotmail accounts - its sort of got absorbed
into
that thing called Personal Folders.

Is there someway I can make it appear as a regular account like the
others,
so I can see what mail is in its inbox, what mail has been sent from it,
etc. I assume that if I had another POP account it would get amalgamated
into the Personal Folders too.

Mail flows to and from the POP account OK - I have a short retention
period
on the POP account.

Presumably you installed the Outlook Connector add-on to gain access to
your free Hotmail account.

Outlook aggregates all POP and Exchange accounts under one message.
Each message store gets its own root and subtree as you noticed for the
IMAP and HTTP accounts - except for POP & Exchange.

If you want to separate the POP accounts from each other, create a
subfolder under the Inbox folder, name it so you recognize for which
account it gets used, and create a rule to move inbound e-mails that
come through a particular account to its own folder used to collect
e-mails for just that account.