iPhone & hotmail help!

[Pickle]

Generally I can work things out myself, but this is driving me mad...

Have had iPhone for over a year, use it to check/delete hotmail messages, all has been fine. Since May, when I delete messages on my phone it no longer deletes them from hotmail "proper"... in that on the rare occasion I switch on my computer I find it showing hundreds of unread messages. Same applies to iPad.

There must be a setting somewhere that has changed, but it wasn't me, and for the life of me I can't find anything that works on either phone or pc.

I'm sure it's something simple, can anyone help?

[KalamityKel]

I'm not going to be much help here but I can say you're not alone. I hear other phones also suffer this problem where you delete it in one place but it doesn't delete in your actual inbox. No idea why. Perhaps it's some silly bug or clever planning for microsoft... who knows.

I can never get the blasted thing (hotmail) to work with any phone :(

[SCSB79]

I have the same problem. If anyone can tell us how to sort it, I'd be very grateful.

[nashoi]

It's Microsoft's fault, nothing to do with your phone settings and there's not much you can do about it unfortunately apart from switch to gmail.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/hotmail-sync/why-is-hotmail-not-syncing-correctly-on-my-mobile/f1768cab-2818-4637-90a3-b6f00e1e4500

[????]

can't you do something using icloud?

[ClareC]

Set hotmail up as exchange account and that solves the problem!

Had same problem myself but all sorted now and doesn't take long to do :)

[ClareC]

To set up a new exchange account, go to Settings on your phone,select mail,Press add account, select Microsoft exchange, email is your email address, username is your email address, password is your password, server is snt-m.hotmail.com leave domain empty description is hotmail make sure use SSL is on, and s/mime is off.

Should then work!

[Pickle]

Thank you ClareC, that has worked. Brilliant!

[uptowngirl]

Very helpful thread....thanks!! Not having access to hotmail in the office has meant my inbox was out of control. This is mush better!! :)

[larew1945]

can't you do something using icloud?

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[SCSB79]

Fantabulous Clare!

Thanks so much!

[red devil]

Is there a setting or App for telling the sender that their email has been received ok by the recipient? (like texting on a standard mobile)...

[ClareC]

Glad to help :)