Re: Erasing downloaded messages on Hotmail erases them in Outlook

Thanks Milly and Brian for the clear explanations. I switched from Earthlink
(which I loved) to MSN to cut back on DSL expenses and got a “really good
deal” on DSL with MSN Premium through with a one year contract. It’s so
different! I started realizing that I hadn’t saved any money when I learned
that I couldn’t use my Outlook 2000 to download emails. Then, when I got
2003, I couldn’t set rules to automatically sort and save the large number of
emails I get for work into the folder tree I established. I signed a year
contract, so I’ll try to figure it out.

I still have a question about the following:

Brian: What I did is to create another folder in my Personal Folders (Outlook
Today) PST called "Saved Hotmail" and I drag-and-drop to it those Hotmail
messages I want to keep. This not only makes a local copy of the message
independent of the Hotmail server, but it also removes them from the Hotmail
server, thereby reducing the space I'm using there (not that that's such a
concern).”

Right now my Outlook 2003 folder configuration looks like this (hierarchy
shown by tabs – hopefully):

Personal Folders
Deleted Items
Drafts
Inbox
Personal (my folder tree)
Work (my folder tree)
Junk Email
Norton AntiSpam
Outbox
Sent Items
Search Folders
MSN
Deleted
Inbox
Junk E-mail
Sent Items

Question: It will work if I move the emails out of the MSN-INBOX folder into
the existing INBOX-WORK folder, right? If I understand correctly, the email
saving folder simply has to be under PERSONAL FOLDERS rather than MSN–INBOX
for this to work. Just double-checking that I understand so I don’t delete
another group of messages! Thanks in advance. You've been very helpful. Amy


"Brian Tillman" wrote:

ANM <ANM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have Outlook 03 which has an http connection to my hotmail account
(I'm not even sure know what an http connection for Outlook is.)
When I try to erase messages off my hotmail account on MSN.com, the
messages are erased off of my Outlook 2003, too.

Naturally, since all Outlook is doing with a Hotmail account is showing you
what's on the server.

I thought if I
downloaded them, I could save them on Outlook. How do I erase them
off the MSN server without erasing them off Outlook?

Your confusion is in thinking that messages you view in a Hotmail account
are being downloaded to Outlook. While they may be being cached locally in
the Hotmail PST, Outlook makes sure that PST contents reflect what's on the
server to that deleting something on the server (or, for that matter, adding
something to the server) will show the same effect in the Hotmail PST.

What I did is to create another folder in my Personal Folders (Outlook
Today) PST called "Saved Hotmail" and I drag-and-drop to it those Hotmail
messages I want to keep. This not only makes a local copy of the message
independent of the Hotmail server, but it also removes them from the Hotmail
server, thereby reducing the space I'm using there (not that that's such a
concern).
--
Brian Tillman


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