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Hee-Seng Kye

I'm using Entourage 2004 for Mac (Version 11.1.0), and I was wondering what
the difference between "receiving mails" and "refreshing message list" is.

I just started using Entourage to read mails at my Hotmail account, and I've
noticed that I, more often than sometimes, have to "Refresh Message List" to
have mails appear in my folders.

Along these lines, I've also noticed that my sent mails sometimes do not
appear in the "Sent Items" folder until I "Refresh Message List."

I even tried checking all the boxed in "Folder Synchronization Settings,"
but I don't see any difference.

Could someone tell me what the difference between "receiving mails" and
"refreshing message list" is and ideally optimized settings for Hotmail
account in Entourage?

Thanks.

Mac OS X (Version 10.3.7)
Entourage 2004 for Mac (Version 11.1.0)
 
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Corentin Cras-Méneur

Hee-Seng Kye said:
I'm using Entourage 2004 for Mac (Version 11.1.0), and I was wondering what
the difference between "receiving mails" and "refreshing message list" is.
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I would guess that receiving mail is for POP accounts (where e-mails are
retreived from the server) and refreshing message lsit would be for IMAP
or WebDAV based e-mail (where e-mails are on the server and ENtourage
queries the server to see what's new).
I just started using Entourage to read mails at my Hotmail account, and I've
noticed that I, more often than sometimes, have to "Refresh Message List" to
have mails appear in my folders.
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Yep, Hotmail falls in the category of type of e-mail that are stored on
the server (I think it uses WebDAV, but I'd have to check).

Corentin
 
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