Outlook - sending emails

[Archie Thomas]

I run Outlook under Windows XP and have an annoying
problem. When I compose an email message, send it to the
Outbox and then subsequently do a Send/Receive to send
the messages in my Outbox, my dial-up box appears behind
the main Outlook screen and I therefore cannot see it to
complete the connection unless I minimise the current
Outlook window. Any ideas on how I can get it to appear
on the top of my desktop or how I can get my Internet
connection to complete simply from pressing Send/Receive.
Appreciate any inputs.
Regards