Hi Chris
I'm not clear about the distinction between Hotmail and Hotmail
extension.  However,  I tried a couple of things.  Firstly, I typed a
folder (EIECMR) into the webmail dialogue box and added it.  It's a
folder that exists on my Hotmail and Tbird.  I have a filter for
EIECMR on Tbird, but not hotmail.  I then sent a message from a
different account on Hotmail.  It arrived in Tbird in the EIECMR
folder and in hotmail in the Inbox. (It showed in Sent in hotmail, but
not in Tbird.)  I also sent a similar email from the alternative
account using Tbird.  Similar results except it appeared in Tbird Sent
folder, but not in hotmail Sent.  Nothing too surprising.  But, in
Tbird, neither message contained an X-folder entry under View message
source.

In hotmail I shifted a couple of emails into the EIECMR folder and
wondered if they would find their way into Tbird Inbox but no sign
(yet).  so, I'm also not clear what the WebMail Download box is for or
how one exploits it.

Sandy

On Jan 11, 5:33 pm, Chris Clifton <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Sandy,
> I  can't try this myself as my Hotmail account uses the free POP service
> from Hotmail, not the extension. I think that it would be the case that
> you will only find the "X-folder" line in a mail that has been
> downloaded from a folder in Hotmail on the website. Mails downloaded
> directly from your Hotmail inbox will not contain this line.
> My guess is that you first of all need to create a folder on the Hotmail
> website. Move one or more test messages into this folder. Then in the
> Hotmail extension set the option to download mails from this folder. All
> being well the test messages will be downloaded into your Thunderbird
> inbox. Look out for obvious catches like only downloading unread mail
> when the mails are marked as read in Hotmail. When you have successfully
> downloaded mails from this test folder, you should find the "X-Folder"
> line in the headers.

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