Aeroloose, I removed my Hotmail account and uninstalled Outlook Connector
(version 12). After I rebooted and restarted Outlook, the checking mail
notification at the bottom of the screen stopped showing on short intervals.
I downloaded the version 14, 32-bit Outlook Connector and installed it.
After I set up my Hotmail account and restarted, polling times got worse
than in the original situation. The notification now pops up every 35
seconds or so. I do not have any other add-ins like BCM running.

I then sent a test note to myself to confirm that Hotmail was set up
properly. Although that send/receive notification continued to pop up every
35 seconds, the mail did not come through. After about 2 minutes, I clicked
to manually send/receive, and it came through fine. Since I have a 3G
wireless account, test messages from my POP3 account to Hotmail usually show
up 5-10 seconds after they're sent, when I manually check for mail. That
suggests the send/receive notification I'm seeing every 35 seconds does not
mean that my mail is actually being checked. Any ideas?

"Aeroloose" wrote in message
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On 5/29/2010 2:24 PM, jekeesl wrote:
I started a thread on this topic a couple of weeks ago, and thought I
would summarize in a new thread since the problem persists.

I use Outlook 2007 with Outlook Connector for my primary POP3 and
Hotmail accounts on Windows 7. All works well, except that Outlook
checks for mail about once per minute. I do not have Fax Transport
activated for my mail profile. Several people posted possible fixes as
follows:

* Rebooted and started Outlook. Reset Outlook's Auto-send period to
every 30 minutes.
* Opened Outlook using safe switch via Start, Run, "outlook.exe /safe".
* Shut down Outlook, located the srs-files for my mail profile and
renamed them to .old.
* Created a new Outlook mail profile and set up the POP3 and Hotmail
accounts for that profile.

None of the actions listed above affected the current problem. Outlook
continues to poll for new mail every 60 seconds or so. I was told that
if this behavior continues, it could corrupt my PST. Do you have any
ideas on the cause of this problem and a possible solution?

Thanks,
Jim

A quick DAGS shows a recurring theme with Hotmail and Outlook Connector
issues regarding polling times. Here's a few things to try / check to see
if the problem can be characterized:
- temporarily disable Outlook Connector and see if the frequency improves;
- temporarily remove the Hotmail account to see if the frequency improves;
- try both combined.

If any of these are successful, then the subsequent troubleshooting can be
more focused.

If these make no difference, do you have other add-ins running? BCM
(business contact manager) has been mentioned as a potential culprit.