Receive email messages not immediate despite settings?

[ritzput]

Using Vista Home Premium with Office 2007.

Been about 1 month since i've been using Vista and i have tried setting all
options to send/receive whether or not i have outlook open.

I keep my computer on all the time and have settings to sleep after 2 hours.
I always keep outlook open as well, so when in the morning when i first use
it and it awakes, i click on the outlook icon on bottom toolbar (outlook has
been open) it takes several seconds for send/receive to activate and only
then do i get my emails.

have settings at:
tools/options/mail setup/send.receive/ checked "send immediately when
connected" and checked "schedule auto send/rec every 1 minute".
OUTLOOK OFFLINE=- checked: include group send/receive
schedule auto send/receive
every 1 minute

When i had XP with same settings, whenever i opened outlook already running
on toolbar, messages were already in the inbox.

Any suggestions?

 

[DL]

Try resetting to 10 mins, less than this can cause resource issues
When your PC is 'asleep' it can often take several moments to wake up
completely

 

[Gordon]

been open) it takes several seconds for send/receive to activate

Well! And is it IMPERATIVE that you see your emails ABSOLUTELY INSTANTLY?
Surely "several" SECONDS is more than OK - if it was several MINUTES then
you would have cause for complaint.