It's downloading your folder structure.
If you need sorting out the issue as well, then you'll have to provide more
details.
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"Hal Condo" <Hal
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> I have the "downloading Hierarchy" with the hour glass being displayed at
> bottom right of the Outlook screen for several hours - more than 20! Can
> you
> tell me what is this?
>
> Thanks in advance.