Re: Hotmail storage limit error

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From: Tony Linguini (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:17:16 -0700

BINGO! THANK YOU! That was the problem. I am surprised
(NOT) that Hotmail support couldn't tell me that.
Tony
veni vidi curcuri
>-----Original Message-----
>In article <60b801c474f6$37164640$a301280a@phx.gbl>,
Tony Linguini says...
>
>> I have been trying to get through to Hotmail support
to
>> let them know that my 10 meg storage indicator shows
93%,
>> but I have less than one meg used. I cannot get a
>> reasonable answer.
>
>Do you use MS Outlook Express? Have you set up folders,
and moved messages
>from the Inbox? If so, use your browser to log in to
your account and look
>for folders there. Just curious about what you will
see...
>
>The reason for my curiosity is that any Hotmail folders
you set up in MS
>Outlook Express are a part of the Hotmail server. Your
local client only
>mirrors the folders on the server. To cut down on stored
messages, you have
>to create folders under "Local", not "Hotmail", and move
the messages to
>those "Local" folders. Otherwise they will be in folders
on the Hotmail
>servers, and count against your storage limit.
>
>--
>Norman
>~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
>~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
>~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint
>.
>

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