That feature used to work just fine back when Hotmail actually allowed POP3 access. Now, they’re basically holding it hostage behind a paywall unless you use MS Outlook—which is a total pain. It just starts downloading every single email to your computer without asking first, and it does it incredibly slowly, even on a decent connection. Once it finally finishes, then you can actually manage things (most other email clients behave similarly, but the difference is I don't deal with nearly as much spam on my other accounts). Honestly, using a browser is the best way to handle Hotmail; it's much faster, especially when you need to clear out junk... You can actually configure Foxmail 4.1 or 5.0 to delete massive amounts of spam directly on the server without downloading everything to your hard drive first, which is a lifesaver if you're stuck on a slow modem connection.
