Shoutbox

Why is it when i try and use my hotmail account through outlook it does this:

why isnt hotmail linked with the 'personal folders' of outlook

screenshot:
http://shoutbox.menthix.net/attachment.php?pid=888773

Same thing happens with Gmail to me. Its because the Personal Folders is a database within a .pst file on your computer. Your Hotmail mail still exists on the web (although Outlook will keep an offline version of it too in a separate .pst)

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Originally posted by MeEtc
Same thing happens with Gmail to me. Its because the Personal Folders is a database within a .pst file on your computer. Your Hotmail mail still exists on the web (although Outlook will keep an offline version of it too in a separate .pst)

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i just deleted my gmail acount settings because they had linked with personal folders, in a hope that hotmail would take its place but it didnt. hm. must be able to do it if my gmail did it

Gmail is either going to use POP or IMAP. If you used POP, then yes, messages will be delivered to a personal folders file. I'm using IMAP, and don't have that option. Hotmail uses a special mode within Outlook that uses HTTP to connect, and I'm not sure how limiting that will be.

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Originally posted by MeEtc
Gmail is either going to use POP or IMAP. If you used POP, then yes, messages will be delivered to a personal folders file. I'm using IMAP, and don't have that option. Hotmail uses a special mode within Outlook that uses HTTP to connect, and I'm not sure how limiting that will be.

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ah ok, well thats poo!
cheers anyways