In Outlook 2003 how do I do a "receive only" to check incoming be.

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Richard Young

Well, I got Outlook 2003 and there still isn't the option to receive email
without having it checked at the same time. I don't want to have to do a
work around, such as storing outgoing in a draft folder. Am I missing
something? This command seems so basic. Thanks all. R. Young
 
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neo [mvp outlook]

Might try double checking your send/receive settings (ctrl + alt + s) then
the edit button. I believe you will find checkboxes that will help you
setup a "receive" only account.
 
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Mary

You can Send without receiving by using the dropdown arrow by Send/receive,
selecting your account and clicking on Inbox.
 
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Richard Young

Thanks. At last someone has told me how to do a simple "receive only" for
accounts which I use for both sending and receiving. Ideally I would like to
do a receive only for all my email accounts in one go. Maybe too much to
ask, although it's a snap in Outlook Express.
 
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neo [mvp outlook]

Hint: you can have multiple send/receive groups.

Richard Young said:
Thanks. At last someone has told me how to do a simple "receive only" for
accounts which I use for both sending and receiving. Ideally I would like
to
do a receive only for all my email accounts in one go. Maybe too much to
ask, although it's a snap in Outlook Express.
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Richard Young

That will help if groups can be groups of email accounts, and not just
people. I'll look into it. Thanks
 
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Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]

Just out of curiosity, why do you *not* want to send mail when you download
mail? It would seem to me that if mail isn't ready to be sent, it really
is a draft. If you want to delay its sending to a particular time, there's
always the "do not deliver before" option in View -> Options on the
message.
 
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Richard Young

I don't really like putting things in the drafts folder since I tend to
forget about them. And I may have something that is ready to go out, but I
want to do a last minute check to see if something has been sent to me that
would modify what I am about to send out. I guess I've gotten so used to
doing a quick 'receive only" check that it is now my habit, and I wish it
were as easy to do in Outlook as it is in OE (with the receive all command).
I can always change my habits. Seems like I have encountered others who have
this wish and have lobbied Microsoft to make it a possible, so I don't think
I am alone.
 
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neo [mvp outlook]

Jeff,

I can give you a great answer as well. I manage approximately 3 e-mail
addresses across about as many domains. Considering I'm connected to one
specific domain about 99.9% percent of the time, I only need a receive only
on 2 accounts. If I end up replying to one of those accounts and due to
some fascist ISPs, I might need to have the particular account/group held
until I'm on the "right" network. The "Receive All" would be a nice
addition for OE to Outlook users since the send/receive groups can be a bit
daunting for the first timer.
 
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Brian Tillman

Richard Young said:
That will help if groups can be groups of email accounts, and not just
people. I'll look into it. Thanks
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Send/receive groups are, by definition, groups of accounts.
 
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Richard Young

I'm playing with the settings, but so far haven't found a way to create a
single group that consists of my four email accounts. If I try to add an
account to a group it bumps out the one that is in there. I'll keep at it.
 
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Brian Tillman

Richard Young said:
I'm playing with the settings, but so far haven't found a way to
create a single group that consists of my four email accounts. If I
try to add an account to a group it bumps out the one that is in
there. I'll keep at it.
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Tools>Send/Receive>Send/Receive Settings>Define Send/Receive Groups>New
works for me. I defined a new group, giving it the name "Receive-Only", and
clicked OK. Outlook listed all my current accounts (I have several), but
did not include any of them. I simply selected each that I wished to be in
the group and deselected the "Send mail items" (leaving the "Receive mail
items checked toi make them receive-only) for each. I then clicked OK.
Finally, on the Tools menu I clicked Send/Receive>Receive-Only. All my
accounts downloaded without sending a thing.
 
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Richard Young

Bye Jove, this may actually work! I bow to the master. I'll have to dig into
it tomorrow to double check that it will do what I want, but it seems to.
Thank you.
 
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