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mail tries to delete emails on hotmail account

when i open mail on my mini mac it tries to delete all my emails in my hotmail account over a week old. but hotmail does not delete theminstead it moves them to a pop3 folder. but because they are no longer in my inbox i loose all my emails on my iphone.


any help wold be great i just cannot find the setting to change to stop this from happening

Posted on Jun 21, 2012 2:01 AM

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Posted on Jun 21, 2012 6:26 AM

Open Mail's preferences, select the account in the account's tab, and check mailbox behaviors and advanced tab for settings on deleting messages.

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mail tries to delete emails on hotmail account

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