Synchronizing Folders in Outlook 2003

[Frank]

I receive my e-mails through Comcast, but utilize Outlook. I was running
Outlook 2002 and upgraded to 2003. When I first open Outlook 2003 and click
"Send/Receive", it takes about 10 minutes to receive new messages. While the
time is passing by, the icon "Microsoft Outlook is synchronizing folders"
appears. Can anyone explain what is going on during the synchronizing
process? Is it needed or can I turn it off?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

How did you upgrade? How did you migrate your data and accounts?
Any "in place" upgrade of Outlook should be followed immediately by creating
a new Outlook profile from scratch. Upgrade installations of Outlook do not
work well. I never use or recommend that method.

 

[Frank]

I loaded 2003 from a CD and I'm sure I would have said to migrate all of my
old data/old e-mails/address book etc. over.

How did you upgrade? How did you migrate your data and accounts?
Any "in place" upgrade of Outlook should be followed immediately by creating
a new Outlook profile from scratch. Upgrade installations of Outlook do not
work well. I never use or recommend that method.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I receive my e-mails through Comcast, but utilize Outlook. I was running
Outlook 2002 and upgraded to 2003. When I first open Outlook 2003 and
click
"Send/Receive", it takes about 10 minutes to receive new messages. While
the
time is passing by, the icon "Microsoft Outlook is synchronizing folders"
appears. Can anyone explain what is going on during the synchronizing
process? Is it needed or can I turn it off?

 

[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

Then follow my instructions. Along with countless others, you have proven my
point. In place upgrades are a bad idea. Of course they should work, but
they don't.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I loaded 2003 from a CD and I'm sure I would have said to migrate all of my
old data/old e-mails/address book etc. over.

How did you upgrade? How did you migrate your data and accounts?
Any "in place" upgrade of Outlook should be followed immediately by
creating
a new Outlook profile from scratch. Upgrade installations of Outlook do
not
work well. I never use or recommend that method.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]

I receive my e-mails through Comcast, but utilize Outlook. I was
running
Outlook 2002 and upgraded to 2003. When I first open Outlook 2003 and
click
"Send/Receive", it takes about 10 minutes to receive new messages.
While
the
time is passing by, the icon "Microsoft Outlook is synchronizing
folders"
appears. Can anyone explain what is going on during the synchronizing
process? Is it needed or can I turn it off?