How do I receive emails without clicking send/receive

[Kelly]

I have to hit send/receive every time I want to receive mail. How can I
receive mail automatically?

 

[Gordon]

I have to hit send/receive every time I want to receive mail. How can I
receive mail automatically?

You need to set up a polling time.
Do Tools-Send/Receive-Send/Receive Settings-Define Send/Receive Groups and
set a time at the bottom. Received wisdom says this interval should not be
less than about ten minutes, otherwise the mail server gets in a pickle...

 

[nihal]

In outlook 2007 Tools->Send/Receive->Send/Receive Settings->Define
Send/Receive Groups-> Schedule an automatic send/receive every 1 minute

OR

Tools->Options->Mail Setup->Send/Receive then Schedule an automatic
send/receive every 1 minute

 

[Gordon]

In outlook 2007 Tools->Send/Receive->Send/Receive Settings->Define
Send/Receive Groups-> Schedule an automatic send/receive every 1 minute

Tools->Options->Mail Setup->Send/Receive then Schedule an automatic
send/receive every 1 minute

No NO NO!!!!
ONE minute is FAR TOO FREQUENT.
That will not allow the mail server to process ANY packets.
It must be much more than that. The default used to be 10 minutes but I
notice recently in installing Outlook 2007 the default has been set at 30
minutes...

 

[Gordon]

I have to hit send/receive every time I want to receive mail. How can I
receive mail automatically?

Ignore Nihal's post. Do NOT set the time at one minute.

 

[nihal]

Thank you Gordon,
you seems to be right, but can you tell what problems occur whan we chhosing
less than 10 minute.

 

[Gordon]

Thank you Gordon,
you seems to be right, but can you tell what problems occur whan we
chhosing
less than 10 minute.

If you set the time less than ten minutes (you MAY get away with 5, but ten
is safer) then you run into the risk of the mail server not processing data
packets properly before the next "send/receive" request comes along. This
usually results in "sever not available" error messages.