Emails created from Word get stuck in outbox

[Guest]

When I try to send an document from Word, via Send to... Outlook opens and
allows me to set up an email document, and then closes when I push Send. But
the document gets stuck in the mailbox until I actually open outlook manually
and hit send/receive.

If Outlook is already open, and I write an email, it sends fine as soon as I
hit Send.

All of the approprate checkboxes (send immediately when connected, and the
boxes in send/receive) are all checked. (This is Office 2003, Windows XP,
connected via DSL). Any ideas?

This gets to be a real pain. because I normally don't use Outlook for my
mail, so if I send a document and forget to open outlook manually to get it
out of the outbox, it can sit there for days, and I will not realize it was
not sent.

Thanks.

 

[DL]

OL doesnt send or receive untill it is open

If OL is closed and you use Send to, the mail is simply placed in the outbox
and will not send untill OL is opened

 

[Guest]

But it does open long enough to put together a mail message, and allow you to
hit send, but then closes immediately, and the file gets left in the outbox.

I do not believe it works this way from my computer at work, I believe ,on
that machine, Outlook just stays open after you open it from Word and the
mail gets sent. That would of course be ok, if I could get that to happen.

sid

OL doesnt send or receive untill it is open

If OL is closed and you use Send to, the mail is simply placed in the outbox
and will not send untill OL is opened

 

[Guest]

OK, I see what you are saying. it doesn't open the Outlook environment, just
a mail message. Is there any way to get Outlook to open when you hit Send?
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sid

OL doesnt send or receive untill it is open

If OL is closed and you use Send to, the mail is simply placed in the outbox
and will not send untill OL is opened