Michael

David,
Using Vista mail, the mail is saved on the machine you are using (in a home
network setup). It can be set to save to a network resource but that is
usually done by your network administrator in a domain/enterprise system
(which probably doesn't use Vista mail anyway).
Vista mail does not have a 'microsoft server' and no information is sent to
or kept by microsoft.


You can select that when mail is fetched from your host mail server that the
mail be removed or left on that server. If you leave it on that server you
will eventualy run out of space there and you will have to go to that site
and delete it. You wlll however be able to look at the mail from other
computers via a web interface. If you elect to have the mail removed then
any mail fetched will be removed after the fetch is complete, the mail will
no longer be available from other computers via the web interface of your
mail host.

Note that if your account is reporting that your mail allocation is full,
you will need to go to that site and delete your mail there, old mail will
not be deleted when new mail is transfered to your local computer via Vista
mail.

Michael


"David Talada" <dtalada@stny.rr.com> wrote in message
news:ulY1oXs0HHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>I recently setup my Windows Vista Mail to send/receive Email from my Time
>Warner Email Account as I was running out of Quota. My question is related
>to Saving/Storing Email locally on my PC/Laptop. Does Windows Vista Mail
>actually save Email on my local PC/Laptop in a specific File Folder or
>remotely on a Windows Vista Server. How do I Save/Store Email locally for
>backup/restore purposes ? I may not understand the concepts of POP3 and
>IMAP Mail applications.
>
> Thanks,