

In green, the " Reading Pane", where Hotmail displays the selected email's content.īy default, the reading pane is displayed at the bottom of the screen, like most email programs do. Highlighted in turquoise, the listing of emails in the currently selected folder (the inbox by default).

Once you click on Inbox, the main Hotmail window opens, with three important components: on the left, highlighted in orange on the screenshot, all your email folders are listed (all of them using the number convention next to their name to show the number of unread emails, if any, they contain). The screenshot above shows that the inbox contains 130 unread emails when emails perceived as spam go to the Junk folder, you will see a number between parentheses displayed next to "Junk" - this is a quick way to determine if you need to check your spam folder before actually having to open the folder. Check your Hotmail emails from Microsoft Outlookĭisplaying a number next to a folder name is the convention Hotmail uses to indicate unread emails inside the folder.Check your Hotmail emails from Windows Live Mail.Check your Hotmail emails from Outlook Express.

While checking your emails online with Windows Live Hotmail is fast and convenient, know that you can also read your Hotmail emails from a variety of email programs: Checking your Hotmail emails with an email program
