Yes that is what I was trying to do but no delete option there, just sync. I have rendered the account inactive by turning off the sync and changing my MSN password so I will just hide it for now. Thanks anyway. I am happy ! 

We have G mail as the primary e mail system and Hotmail as the secondary and mostly used on the tablet. I have had the tablet for over a year and it has started retaining mail in the outbox,  on Hotmail , instead of sending it straightaway. I have tried switching the set on and off to no avail. Most of the mails go within 24 hours but I have lost confidence. In a test with g mail this morning the mail went ok whilst 2 were stuck in the Hotmail outbox. ( G mail is my husbands address so don't want to have to use it all the time ) Has anyone had this problem ?