How to disable working offline?

[Doug Lowe]

Hi all!

My computer's connected to a LAN in a small office, with Exchange Server
2003. Outlook is XP. I clicked File.Work Offline. I thought I'd be able to
disable this, but now the Work Offline command is gone from the file menu. I
no longer get email immediately, but have to wait for the scheduled
send/receives. And I get prompted when I start outlook whether to connect or
not.

Is there a way to return to working online?

TIA,

Doug

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Hi all!

My computer's connected to a LAN in a small office, with Exchange
Server 2003. Outlook is XP. I clicked File.Work Offline. I thought
I'd be able to disable this, but now the Work Offline command is gone
from the file menu. I no longer get email immediately, but have to
wait for the scheduled send/receives. And I get prompted when I start
outlook whether to connect or not.

Is there a way to return to working online?

TIA,

Doug

Close Outlook, make sure that outlook.exe isn't left running in the
background (task manager, processes) - open Outlook again, choose Connect.
OL2003 and cached mode makes all of this a lot simpler!

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Resetted your toolbar already to make sure the option will show again?
Otherwise rename outcmd.dat to outcmd.old to completely reset your Toolbar.

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