Microsoft KB Archive/302546

= E-mail POP Retrieval =

PSS ID Number: 302546

Article Last Modified on 6/23/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * MSN Companion 2.0

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This article was previously published under Q302546



SUMMARY
The Point of Presence (POP) Mail Retrieval feature enables MSN Companion to move or your existing POP mail into the MSN Companion mailbox.



MORE INFORMATION
There are two scenarios:

If you already have an ISP: We will enable retrieving messages from only 1 POP account, not multiple accounts, such as in Hotmail. The e-mail from your POP account (such as an Earthlink POP account) is downloaded whenever you click to go to the Inbox page, and during nightly management. After downloading, messages are treated just like a regular Hotmail message. To configure POP Mail support, you must enter a POP Server Name, User Name, and Password either during Setup, or through E-Mail Settings.

If you are an existing MSN Internet Access customer: We download your MSN.COM e-mail one time only--during e-mail migration. From that point on, you need not worry about your old e-mail account; it is automatically migrated and routed. We will retrieve mail from your POP account once during the Setup process. That way, the e-mail in your msn.com POP account will appear in the Hotmail backend. From then on, though, all e-mail to that account will go directly to Hotmail backend, so no recurring POP retrieval is required.

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