New Curve 8330 User

Just bought my red 8830 last night...YAY. I like to think of myself as moderately technologically challenged, however.
So...I set up my email acount today, and I keep receive EVERY email that I have save in my hotmail account. Is there a way to stop this, as it's getting pretty annoying (cause I have a habit of hanging on to emails). Also, I am getting the notifications of these email under the Messages icon and the new email account icon that I created today.
Thanks in advance for any advice/help.

Steph