I have the same problem. Send/Receive went missing in summer 2004. OL2003
Pro, XP SP1, Norton. I can run a "test" which successfully sends the test
e-mail to the server. When I start OL2003 the Send/Receive button appears
breifly and disappears. Receive automatically does not happen either. Outbox
has e-mail in it but will not send. Attemempted all of below with no success
either. Send/Receive option not on tools "Customize..." menu either.
I tried this: Set up a new user login on my system. In this instance,
logging into Outlook 2003 DOES show the Send/Receive button and DOES send and
receive e-mail successfully to the same server account as my first login.
I'd really like to recover, though, on my first login or transfer all the
e-mails from my first login to my second login. I read a bug posting from MS,
August 2004, that outlines this problem as a software bug (no cure yet).
Can you tell me how to transfer all my old e-mails from one account to the
other as well as how to move my address book over?
This has gone on for months and even my local computer seller cannot figure
out how to correct the send/receive button problem.
Thanks for your help. Good to know others out there are suffering this and
getting around it one way or another.