If Hotmail doesn't yet provide you POP access, or you need to download custom mail folders from the Hotmail web site, then WebDav, if available on your account, is the best and most reliable option. The other options in the extension are at the mercy of any changes that Hotmail make to their web site.
AngelSword wrote: > Absolutely nothing. There has been no change to my Hotmail account > from when I installed Thunderbird to when this started happening. > > It seems the issue was related to the addon's settings; it was set to > Hotmail Live instead of WebDev. After switching it back, the problem > has not yet occurred. (And if that turns out to be the fix, I'm going > to feel embarrassed). > > On Mar 1, 1:54 am, alanrf <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No, it is not. >> >> However, I believe that the Webmail Author has made best efforts to >> avoid these instances. >> >> There are some circumstances that can guarantee a re-download of all >> messages. There are some options in the Hotmail extension that can >> help to avoid a re-download of all messages on the Hotmail server. >> >> Nevertheless, I am sure that you will not want me to prompt you to >> answers I might me expecting ... so please tell us - in as much >> detail that omits any personal attribution as possible - of any >> changes you have made to your Hotmail account in the past month or >> so. >> >> On Feb 28, 10:38 pm, AngelSword <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> It seems that lately, Thunderbird is downloading all of the messages >>> located in my Hotmail inbox every time it checks for new messages. >>> I'm constantly going through to delete the duplicate messages. Is >>> this a new issue? >>> > > > > -- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thunderbird Webmail Extension" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/thunderbird-webmail-extension?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
