Gary, I think that was the information that I needed. SpamGuard, so far, has
put all of the e-mail that I have received in the Bulk folder. To my
knowledge at least 95% of all these messages have not been spam. I have
changed it so that all messages are to be downloaded. I'll let you know if
that helps. Thanks again.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> When a POP client like Windows Mail downloads email, it can
> only get emails that are in the webmail Inbox. Any emails sitting in
> different folders, like Bulk, will normally not be downloaded. Since
> I want all of my AT&T Yahoo mail downloaded to Windows Mail,
> I have configured the webmail settings such that under Options,
> POP Access, I have selected "I want to receive all messages,
> including those that SpamGuard thinks are spam."
> --
> Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]
>
>
> "Big_Bird" <BigBird@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:9FF8DD12-2671-4FFA-8405-66B0C91E4353@microsoft.com...
> > 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?
> >>
>