Gary, you are probably correct, I'll change auto download back to 5 minutes.
It sounds like we have the same ISP. Lets take your response to this thread
as an example. A little over an hour ago I made sure that the Bulk folder in
Yahoo mail was empty. A few minutes ago I checked Windows Male and found no
new messages. I then opened the Yahoo site and entered my username and
password. I found one new message in Bulk. It was your reply to this thread.
It still has not shown up in my Windows Mail inbox. It still seems that Yahoo
mail got it first. Your response is important to me. Thanks, Ken

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> First of all, downloading email through Windows Mail once per
> minute is way too rapid. You are likely to 'hang' the mailbox on the
> server if a new download starts before the previous one finishes.
> The lowest I would go is 5 minutes.
>
> What do you mean by Yahoo downloading your email? Yahoo is
> a website on the Internet. By itself it can't do anything to your email.
> Do you have some sort of other email program that has 'Yahoo' as
> part of its name? I'm not familiar with it. I also have AT&T Yahoo
> email, which downloads through Windows Mail. I understand I can
> also go to Yahoo's mail website in Internet Explorer, and after
> logging in with my AT&T username and password, I can access my
> webmail. Is that what you are talking about? If so, just don't go to
> Yahoo's mail website.
> --
> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>
>
> "Big_Bird" <BigBird@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:546E7773-83D7-424B-B867-9B2387A22675@microsoft.com...
> >I do not like using Yahoo Mail. It is too messy. I far prefer to use Vista
> > Windows Mail. The problem is that some of the time Yahoo hijacks my mail
> > before Windows Mail gets a chance at it. I have Windows Mail set to check the
> > e-mail once per minute. A couple of days ago I sent a request to ATT/Yahoo
> > support asking how I can stop Yahoo from downloading my e-mail. No response
> > yet. Can anyone help me with this?
>