Every 2 minutes is not very wise. Set it to something realistic, like every
10 minutes.
DSL is not your connection type. Look in the properties of your mail account
to see what connection type you specified for your account.
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 or 2 minutes 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 here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q312/3/36.asp
4. You have overridden your Send/Receive Group settings as documented here:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/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.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
sorry, it is outlook 2002, automatic polling for ever 2
minutes, DSL connection
-----Original Message-----
Well for starters I'd suggest posting your Outlook version, mail account
type, connection type and automatic polling settings so we'd have something
to go on. You gave us nothing.
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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
It seems as if outlook isn't sending receiving
automatically although it is set up to do so every few
minutes. Once i hit send receive the messages come
flowing in. I tried to uncheck the box, close outlook and
reboot and then recheck the box, however that hasn't
helped. anyone have any suggestions?
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