What's going on? (Windows live mail)

[Mr Joshua]

I've just installed a new HDD.

Before I removed the old drive I backed up my email messages, accounts etc. with the export tool. Unfortnately I then forgot to transfer this onto a flash drive so all was lost, or so I thought.

Having just installed Windows live mail and adding my accounts all of a sudden I'm downloading messages from January of this year, how is this happening?

I can only guess that the messages haven't actually been removed from my mail server but I've really no idea.

Does anyone know?

 

[FallshirmjAEger]

If you're using live mail to access your hotmail inbox, then the emails won't be deleted on the server unless you actually specifically delete a message in either the live mail client or by logging into hotmail via browser (Kind of similar to how imap works)

 

[Vimes]

When you set up your email account you need to apply the following for the deletion on the server to work, if that is what you want...

 

[Mr Joshua]

Magic, thanks gents!