Outlook vs Hotmail

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I'm confused about this whole Outlook vs Hotmail thing. I have the same
email address for both, and I assume it's the same account. I much prefer
using Outlook as my email default. Problem is, of the hundreds of email
messages I receive, when I delete them in Outlook, they stay in my Hotmail
Inbox unless I log on and manually delete them AGAIN. Is there any way to
coordinate my mailbox so that when I get rid of an email in Outlook, it
doesn't show up again in Hotmail? Thanks!
 
I'm confused about this whole Outlook vs Hotmail thing. I have the same
email address for both, and I assume it's the same account.
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Indeed, it is. "Hotmail" is the service, "Outlook" is the client which
accesses the service.
I much prefer using Outlook as my email default.
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By which I assume you mean your "default email client". Client and service
are very different "kinds of things".
Problem is, of the hundreds of email messages I receive, when I delete them
in Outlook, they stay in my Hotmail Inbox unless I log on and manually delete
them AGAIN.
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I believe Outlook can use something called, "WebDAV" to access HTTPMail
accounts. Alas, as of Sept. 1, 2009, Windows Live (formerly MSN) has
disabled the "WebDAV" protocol in favor of a newer protocol called,
"DeltaSync". Older client which only know "WebDAV" no longer have HTTPMail
access to Hotmail accounts.

Your choices are:

POP3 access. This is not a "synchronizing" protocol, as "WebDAV" was, and
"DeltaSync" is.

Office Outlook Connector. Only available for Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007.
This provides the "DeltaSync" protocol necessary for synchronizing your
Hotmail folders.
Is there any way to coordinate my mailbox so that when I get rid of an
email in Outlook, it doesn't show up again in Hotmail? Thanks!
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Only choice for that is Office Outlook Connector; but that won't work if you
have Outlook 2002, or earlier.
 
I'm confused about this whole Outlook vs Hotmail thing. I have the same
email address for both, and I assume it's the same account. I much prefer
using Outlook as my email default. Problem is, of the hundreds of email
messages I receive, when I delete them in Outlook, they stay in my Hotmail
Inbox unless I log on and manually delete them AGAIN. Is there any way to
coordinate my mailbox so that when I get rid of an email in Outlook, it
doesn't show up again in Hotmail?
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On my PC, the Hotmail server won't sync with Outlook until the next
Sen/Receive event. I don't know if that's normal or not, but it's sufficient
for me.
 
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