keeping the internet connection in outlook

[woody]

I want to have the internet connection stay open while I read and send e-mails. (as it did in Outlook Express). How can I do that? Right now, once I hit send/receive. the dial up is made, the task done and the internet connection is then broken.

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Try setting your connection type to LAN instead of dialup.

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[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

Maybe you could provide more details -- your Outlook version, what kind of
mail account you're using (POP3, IMAP, etc.), how you have it set up, etc.

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[Woody]

I have Outlook 2003 edition. I am connected through POP3, dial-up connection to my internet server. Perhaps Outlook was not intended to stay connected for people with dial up connections?

 

[Jocelyn Fiorello [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm sure it's not as unforgiving as that Let me look around and I'll
see what I can find out on this -- it's been a long time since I have
personally used dialup service, so I haven't tested it with Outlook 2003.

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[Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook]]

AFAIK, nothing changed with Outlook 2003 and you are quite right. To keep
your Internet Connection established after an automatic mail poll, simply
set the connection type to LAN. If you have no LAN connection, Outlook will
simply use your default dial up connection to establish a connection and
will leave it connected thereafter.

The reason Outlook disconnects a Phone Line connection is that automatic
polling is enabled. When automatic polling is enabled Outlook assumes you
want it to "manage" your connection (i.e., disconnect it after an automated
mail poll). Another workaround is simply to establish the Internet
Connection yourself before the automatic mail poll.