Why does my (IMAP) Inbox not appear in Windows Mail?

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Published on 2009-12-09T20:56:12Z Indexed on 2010/03/12 13:08 UTC
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I recently set up an IMAP email account in Windows Mail. It worked...but it didn't download my Inbox (none of the contents on my Inbox were downloaded, and an Inbox folder was not created). What's the problem?

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