Why restart to download email in Outlook 2003?

[drharley]

What can I do to correct the issue of needing to restart the computer in
order to download emails in Outlook 2003 or send?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

With that little bit to go on, its hard to say. Does it ever work? How often
do you have it doing an automatic check?

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[drharley]

Sort of hard to go into great detail when limited to 4-10 words to discribe
the problem.

I rarely completely shut down my laptop, just close the lid with Outlook
Inbox still open, when I bring it back from standby, I cannot send or receive
without a complete shutdown and restart. Then I can download new mail.

Automatic is set for five minutes.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you
Jim Shelton

With that little bit to go on, its hard to say. Does it ever work? How often
do you have it doing an automatic check?

--
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What can I do to correct the issue of needing to restart the computer in
order to download emails in Outlook 2003 or send?

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

How are accessing this newsgroup that you are limited to 4 - 10 words?

Have you tried Detect and Repair?
Have you tried taking outlook offline, then bringing it online after 5 min?
Is the network connected?
What type of email account do you have?

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Sort of hard to go into great detail when limited to 4-10 words to
discribe
the problem.

I rarely completely shut down my laptop, just close the lid with Outlook
Inbox still open, when I bring it back from standby, I cannot send or
receive
without a complete shutdown and restart. Then I can download new mail.

Automatic is set for five minutes.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you
Jim Shelton

With that little bit to go on, its hard to say. Does it ever work? How
often
do you have it doing an automatic check?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
[email protected]

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What can I do to correct the issue of needing to restart the computer
in
order to download emails in Outlook 2003 or send?

 

[VanguardLH]

Sort of hard to go into great detail when limited to 4-10 words to discribe
the problem.

Do you need us to call 911 for you because of that thug holding a gun to
your head and forcing you to a limit of 10 words? Be glad it's a really
dumb thug since he didn't notice you actually used a couple dozen words.

I rarely completely shut down my laptop, just close the lid with Outlook
Inbox still open, when I bring it back from standby, I cannot send or receive
without a complete shutdown and restart. Then I can download new mail.

Is this at home or work? At work, servers will often disconnect a host
if a connection becomes idle. So what happens when you just exit and
reload Outlook instead of cycling the OS?

 

[drharley]

Sort of hard to go into great detail when limited to 4-10 words to discribe
the problem. "

To access the discussion group, the sender, me, is asked to describe the
problem in 4 to 10 words. Once the problem has been accessed by the
discussion group, it appears there is not limit to the number of words.

To answer your questions, network is always connected, I am at home , no
server is involved I use a peer to peer network at home some hard wired and
some wireless.

To answer the last part of your question, closing Outlook and re-opening
does not change anything...still must re boot.

drharley

 

[drharley]

How are accessing this newsgroup that you are limited to 4 - 10 words?
The 4-10 words are the limit imposed in stating the problem to submit to
this discussion group. At this point, infinite words are possible


Have you tried Detect and Repair?
No
Have you tried taking outlook offline, then bringing it online after 5 min?
No, good suggestion

Is the network connected?
Yes, always on.

What type of email account do you have?
Pop3

I will try closing Outlook and reopening, going offline and coming back to
it, should do an auto download, as well as detect and repair...thank you

How are accessing this newsgroup that you are limited to 4 - 10 words?

Have you tried Detect and Repair?
Have you tried taking outlook offline, then bringing it online after 5 min?
Is the network connected?
What type of email account do you have?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

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[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
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Sort of hard to go into great detail when limited to 4-10 words to
discribe
the problem.

I rarely completely shut down my laptop, just close the lid with Outlook
Inbox still open, when I bring it back from standby, I cannot send or
receive
without a complete shutdown and restart. Then I can download new mail.

Automatic is set for five minutes.

Any help is appreciated. Thank you
Jim Shelton

With that little bit to go on, its hard to say. Does it ever work? How
often
do you have it doing an automatic check?

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/

Outlook Tips by email:
[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
[email protected]




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What can I do to correct the issue of needing to restart the computer
in
order to download emails in Outlook 2003 or send?

 

[Pat Willener]

My suspicion is that Outlook is not completely closing. Check with the
Task Manager (Processes tab) if Outlook is still running after closing it.