You have to Outlook running at the same time as Max is running. Then Max will automatically bring the emails and the Outlook folders in. You will also get an alarm popup saying that you have new mail, as it arrives in Outlook.
When you block a person, they can no longer invite you to a private message or post to your profile wall. Replies and comments they make will be collapsed/hidden by default. Finally, you'll never receive email notifications about content they create or likes they designate for your content.
Note: if you proceed, you will no longer be following .