Well, your got started. This is how it works it downloads everything to the inbox. Must setup message filters and move the message accordingly. Once setup it can do it each time email are downloaded.
1> Add the extra folders to extension download additional folders feature. 2> Create new folder under Hotmail account in Thunderbird. 3> Setup message filters that sort by "x-folder" variable. You can find the exact name of the x-folder which should be the same as the folder name you setup to download. You find this info if you look at the message's source code. Ex: x-folder = Sent. Now have the filter to move the matching messages into the correct folder in Thunderbird. Note> This only downloads and sort the message into the folders you chose. It will not update the online Hotmail if you move or delete messages locally. It would be nice if Hotmail supported IMAP but they don't and most likely will not in the future. They want you to use their software On Thursday, January 3, 2013 9:30:31 AM UTC-6, Sarah Poulin wrote: > > I have finally made the switch from Outlook 2003 to Thunderbird. I had > Hotmail for years, but I recently switched over the GMail, and I LOVE it! > With that said, my husband absolutely refuses to switch. He just wants to > keep his Hotmail and that's it. We previously had our accounts in Outlook > 2003 with the Outlook Connector and everything worked fine. I tried > download the Webmail Extension with the Hotmail extension and thought it > was like something that replaced the Outlook Connector. I guess not. It > downloads the Inbox and not any of the Folders. I went into the Hotmail > Extension setting and added one folder to test it, and it downloaded > everything to the inbox. > > I guess the Webmail Extension only works by Pop3 for Hotmail. Can someone > please give me step-by-step instructions on how to set up Hotmail in > Thunderbird so it can sync with everything just like Outlook Connector did? > I tried searching in your groups and I can't find anything concrete that I > can understand. Just a bunch of people arguing about whether it can be > done, and then in-theory instructions that I don't understand at all > (filtering rules, or whatever. I don't get it). > --
