How do I make Outlook 2003 send/receive when starting up?

[Jacqui]

Outlook 2003 does not send/receive when starting up. I have boxes ticked for
send/receive at 5 min intervals but when I startup, I have to manually press
send/receive to get anything. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Jacqui

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP Outlook]]

Outlook will poll on startup whenever you have an automatic polling interval
set. 5 minutes is far too short.
It is difficult to determine why automatic polling is failing when you do
not post your mail account type, connection type and polling settings. If
automatic polling once worked and now fails, you also need to examine what
changes were made to your setup before automatic polling stopped working.

In general, here are the reasons automatic polling might fail in Outlook:
1. You have created an unrealistic polling interval. Many users set their
polling interval to 1 minute thinking they will be downloading mail
continuously as it arrives. Such settings are not recommended. They put an
unnecessary strain on mail servers and can create conflicting polling
requests that can damage your Send/Receive Group or even your account
settings. 10 minutes is the recommended minimum.
2. While exiting Outlook, you inadvertently set your profile to Work Offline
(this option is immediately above the Exit command in the File menu).
3. You have a damaged Send/Receive Group as documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q312/3/36.asp
4. You have overridden your Send/Receive Group settings as documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q320/8/36.asp
5. Your mail account settings are corrupt. Recreate your mail account from
scratch.
6. Firewall software is blocking your transmission. Disable your Firewall
temporarily to see if automatic polling is restored.
7. Windows XPSP2 changes to RPC, but only if running against Exchange
Server. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883606

 

[Jacqui]

Thanks! It's working now.

Outlook will poll on startup whenever you have an automatic polling interval
set. 5 minutes is far too short.
It is difficult to determine why automatic polling is failing when you do
not post your mail account type, connection type and polling settings. If
automatic polling once worked and now fails, you also need to examine what
changes were made to your setup before automatic polling stopped working.

In general, here are the reasons automatic polling might fail in Outlook:
1. You have created an unrealistic polling interval. Many users set their
polling interval to 1 minute thinking they will be downloading mail
continuously as it arrives. Such settings are not recommended. They put an
unnecessary strain on mail servers and can create conflicting polling
requests that can damage your Send/Receive Group or even your account
settings. 10 minutes is the recommended minimum.
2. While exiting Outlook, you inadvertently set your profile to Work Offline
(this option is immediately above the Exit command in the File menu).
3. You have a damaged Send/Receive Group as documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q312/3/36.asp
4. You have overridden your Send/Receive Group settings as documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q320/8/36.asp
5. Your mail account settings are corrupt. Recreate your mail account from
scratch.
6. Firewall software is blocking your transmission. Disable your Firewall
temporarily to see if automatic polling is restored.
7. Windows XPSP2 changes to RPC, but only if running against Exchange
Server. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883606


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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2003 does not send/receive when starting up. I have boxes ticked
for
send/receive at 5 min intervals but when I startup, I have to manually
press
send/receive to get anything. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Jacqui

 

[sohamska]

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last two days

 

[Gordon]

how i can recieve & send my mail from microsoft outlook this problem is
from
last two days

And if you'd bothered to look at the HUNDREDS of posts in the last two days
you would have found the answer.
http://www.howto-outlook.com/news/hotmailaccessforbidden.htm

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]]

how i can recieve & send my mail from microsoft outlook this problem is from
last two days

Not enough information to say for sure. What version of Outlook and what type
of account?

 

[Marcia Statz]

Hi Russ, i am trying to turn off the auto download of mail when I open
outlook. I did it once, years ago and now can not find the spot where I
unclick the box. I prefer to manually click send and recieve my mail as I am
on 3 different computers and really dislike when my mail gets scattered. can
you help? I have looked under tools, options, preferences, everywhere I can
think of to stop the auto download of mail when I open the outlook icon but
can't find it. Help! sincerely, Marcia Statz

Outlook will poll on startup whenever you have an automatic polling interval
set. 5 minutes is far too short.
It is difficult to determine why automatic polling is failing when you do
not post your mail account type, connection type and polling settings. If
automatic polling once worked and now fails, you also need to examine what
changes were made to your setup before automatic polling stopped working.

In general, here are the reasons automatic polling might fail in Outlook:
1. You have created an unrealistic polling interval. Many users set their
polling interval to 1 minute thinking they will be downloading mail
continuously as it arrives. Such settings are not recommended. They put an
unnecessary strain on mail servers and can create conflicting polling
requests that can damage your Send/Receive Group or even your account
settings. 10 minutes is the recommended minimum.
2. While exiting Outlook, you inadvertently set your profile to Work Offline
(this option is immediately above the Exit command in the File menu).
3. You have a damaged Send/Receive Group as documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q312/3/36.asp
4. You have overridden your Send/Receive Group settings as documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q320/8/36.asp
5. Your mail account settings are corrupt. Recreate your mail account from
scratch.
6. Firewall software is blocking your transmission. Disable your Firewall
temporarily to see if automatic polling is restored.
7. Windows XPSP2 changes to RPC, but only if running against Exchange
Server. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883606


--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

Outlook 2003 does not send/receive when starting up. I have boxes ticked
for
send/receive at 5 min intervals but when I startup, I have to manually
press
send/receive to get anything. Can anyone help?

Thanks
Jacqui

 

[Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook]]

Hi Russ, i am trying to turn off the auto download of mail when I open
outlook. I did it once, years ago and now can not find the spot where I
unclick the box. I prefer to manually click send and recieve my mail as I
am
on 3 different computers and really dislike when my mail gets scattered.
can
you help? I have looked under tools, options, preferences, everywhere I can
think of to stop the auto download of mail when I open the outlook icon but
can't find it. Help! sincerely, Marcia Statz

Open Outlook and press Alt-Ctrl-S. Uncheck the box labeled "Schedule and
automatic send/receive..."