Thank you so much for your reply.

Retain all email in Thunderbird and manually delete in Hotmail. How can I set up Thunderbird to allow me to "store" my downloaded email in Thunderbird instead of on the server. Then in Hotmail - I want to delete "specific" emails and folders "manually". I don't want to use a global delete option because when I travel I will need certain emails to remain on the server. I deleted the first account I set up because it was an IMAP and that deleted from both server and Thunderbird which would be unusable for me. I think I need a POP account setup but am not sure how to go about that in a manual configuration. Could you please explain the steps to do this? I run Windows 8.1 if that makes a difference. Thank you so much for your reply. kj