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WLM downloading 1000's of messages from live. com that are bogus
  1. #1


    LandonAB Guest

    WLM downloading 1000's of messages from live. com that are bogus

    A couple of weeks ago, about the time pop3 was rolled out to free accounts,
    my WLM started acting up. I have a paid Windows Live Hotmail Account. When
    Windows Live Mail Syncs with Hotmail, it says it's downloading messages.
    After a couple of minutes, the download message count is in the 1000's but
    there is now new mail received. If I click stop, any new mail is received.
    At the next sync, this occurs again. See captures below.

    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/...038ba48d_o.jpg
    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/...38e72036_o.jpg

    Following is a capture of the error message being received but it gives me
    nothing that helps the issue. Server Error: 0x800CCC90



    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/...6ee2c803_o.jpg

    Any thoughts would be great. I also sync my Yahoo! Mail Plus account to WLM
    and it works fine. Problem is a Hotmail issue.
    I paid for an account which is basically useless and am getting rather
    frustrated with it. Also, from the Hotmail web client, the MSN Photo Upload
    Tool does not work. I will save that for a different day. If this first
    issue doesn't get fixed, the Upload Tool will be irrelevant as I will go back
    to Yahoo! Mail.


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  2. #2


    Earle Horton Guest

    Re: WLM downloading 1000's of messages from live. com that are bogus

    Something like this happened to me in early 2008 when I first got WLM.
    Turns out it was downloading years of previously deleted messages. Are you
    actually getting messages downloaded? With a paid account you have a number
    of support options that ordinary free accounts do not get. Take advantage
    of them. Have you tried letting the message download run to completion?
    That is what I had to do.

    Earle

    "LandonAB" <LandonAB@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:0728598D-149D-45A8-AA7E-E0FA731787F0@xxxxxx

    >A couple of weeks ago, about the time pop3 was rolled out to free accounts,
    > my WLM started acting up. I have a paid Windows Live Hotmail Account.
    > When
    > Windows Live Mail Syncs with Hotmail, it says it's downloading messages.
    > After a couple of minutes, the download message count is in the 1000's but
    > there is now new mail received. If I click stop, any new mail is
    > received.
    > At the next sync, this occurs again. See captures below.
    >
    > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/...038ba48d_o.jpg
    > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/...38e72036_o.jpg
    >
    > Following is a capture of the error message being received but it gives me
    > nothing that helps the issue. Server Error: 0x800CCC90
    >
    > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/...6ee2c803_o.jpg
    >
    > Any thoughts would be great. I also sync my Yahoo! Mail Plus account to
    > WLM
    > and it works fine. Problem is a Hotmail issue.
    > I paid for an account which is basically useless and am getting rather
    > frustrated with it. Also, from the Hotmail web client, the MSN Photo
    > Upload
    > Tool does not work. I will save that for a different day. If this first
    > issue doesn't get fixed, the Upload Tool will be irrelevant as I will go
    > back
    > to Yahoo! Mail.
    >


      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  3. #3


    ...winston Guest

    Re: WLM downloading 1000's of messages from live. com that are bogus

    Logon to mail.live.com
    How many messages are present in the Inbox.

    Was pop3 in use on that account in another email client that left messages on the server ?

    --
    ...winston
    ms-mvp mail

    "LandonAB" <LandonAB@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:0728598D-149D-45A8-AA7E-E0FA731787F0@xxxxxx

    > A couple of weeks ago, about the time pop3 was rolled out to free accounts,
    > my WLM started acting up. I have a paid Windows Live Hotmail Account. When
    > Windows Live Mail Syncs with Hotmail, it says it's downloading messages.
    > After a couple of minutes, the download message count is in the 1000's but
    > there is now new mail received. If I click stop, any new mail is received.
    > At the next sync, this occurs again. See captures below.
    >
    > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3345/...038ba48d_o.jpg
    > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/...38e72036_o.jpg
    >
    > Following is a capture of the error message being received but it gives me
    > nothing that helps the issue. Server Error: 0x800CCC90
    >
    > http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/...6ee2c803_o.jpg
    >
    > Any thoughts would be great. I also sync my Yahoo! Mail Plus account to WLM
    > and it works fine. Problem is a Hotmail issue.
    > I paid for an account which is basically useless and am getting rather
    > frustrated with it. Also, from the Hotmail web client, the MSN Photo Upload
    > Tool does not work. I will save that for a different day. If this first
    > issue doesn't get fixed, the Upload Tool will be irrelevant as I will go back
    > to Yahoo! Mail.
    >

      My System SpecsSystem Spec

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