Although I have my options set up to automatically send and receive all mail
in all accounts at startup and every 10 mins. this is not working. I wait
approximately 5 mins after startup and then hit the send receive mail and it
works. I will get some filtered into the junk mail but must once again hit
send receive in order to get all the mail.
It was working fine until 2weeks ago.
Using Outlook 2003

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 he
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/3/36.asp
4. You have overridden your Send/Receive Group settings as documented he
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../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.
--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"PatK" wrote in message
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Although I have my options set up to automatically send and receive all
mail in all accounts at startup and every 10 mins. this is not working. I
wait approximately 5 mins after startup and then hit the send receive mail
and it works. I will get some filtered into the junk mail but must once
again hit send receive in order to get all the mail.
It was working fine until 2weeks ago.
Using Outlook 2003