Auto send and receive

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Darryl the perplexed

I am at a clients site and have run into a problem!
I have set up outlook to do a send and receive every 1
min,
but it isn't working!
I have to do a manual send and receive in order to get
mail.
I went and installed outlook 2003 over outlook XP
thinking that this would correct the problem, but
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! what have I done or what have I missed?

do I now have to uninstall the outlook and reinstall????

Please help


Perplexed
 
Not true I have my outlook set to send and receive at 1
min and it works fine, so guess again
 
That's still a bad idea.
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 minute 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.
 
Not true I have my outlook set to send and receive at 1
min and it works fine, so guess again
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Whether it works for you or not, a one minute polling time is unreasonable.
For people with multiple accounts, it will probably not work. You are
putting an undue strain on your computer's resources, as well as your mail
servers.
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