change the frequency of downloading email in Outlook?

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Can someone please help me, I can't find the way to change the email download
frequency for Outlook.
 
Version?
In 2003, it's Tools-->Options, Mail Setup tab. Click on Send/Receive button,
and change the value in "Schedule an automatic send/receive every..."
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~Anne Troy

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In 2003, it's Tools-->Options, Mail Setup tab. Click on
Send/Receive button, and change the value in "Schedule an
automatic send/receive every..."
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In 2000, it's Tools / Options, Mail Delivery tab, check "Check for
messages every..." and change the value.

Jim
 
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Mary said:
Just make sure it's no less than every 10 minutes or you'll run
into
server problems.
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I check for new mail automatically every three minutes here,
using Outlook 2003. Admittedly it's overkill, but I've never had
any server problems, or any other kind of problems, doing this.
 
It depends on the number of accounts and your connection. Many people are
collecting from multiple accounts over dial-up and have their send/receive
intervals set very low, causing corruption to the .srs file which must be
rebuilt. An interval of 10 minutes allows for all accounts to be checked,
handshakes to be concluded and the user time to sort and read mail.

I always recommend no less than a 10 minute interval to users who ask. And
no one has posted back to complain.


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After furious head scratching, Ken Blake asked:

| In | Mary <[email protected]> typed:
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|| Just make sure it's no less than every 10 minutes or you'll run
|| into
|| server problems.
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|
| I check for new mail automatically every three minutes here,
| using Outlook 2003. Admittedly it's overkill, but I've never had
| any server problems, or any other kind of problems, doing this.
|
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|| "NewPJ" wrote:
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||| Can someone please help me, I can't find the way to change the
||| email
||| download frequency for Outlook.
 
I have to agree with Milly. My server gets "cranky pants" if I check my mail
too often, and I'm not even on dialup.
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"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
 
I have my Outlook configured to check once every minute and seldom run
into problems.
 
In Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]
It depends on the number of accounts and your connection. Many
people are collecting from multiple accounts over dial-up and
have
their send/receive intervals set very low, causing corruption
to the
.srs file which must be rebuilt. An interval of 10 minutes
allows
for all accounts to be checked, handshakes to be concluded and
the
user time to sort and read mail.

I always recommend no less than a 10 minute interval to users
who
ask. And no one has posted back to complain.
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Interesting! I currently collect from three accounts over DSL,
but in the past I've collected from as many as five or six (most
had very low activity though). As I said, I've never had a
problem checking every three minutes, but since you think that
there's a risk of corruption, I just changed it to ten minutes,
which is really good enough for me.
 
How many accounts are you checking and what is your connection type? One
account using broadband is very different from using 6 accounts and dial-up.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After furious head scratching, Barry Wakser asked:

| I have my Outlook configured to check once every minute and seldom run
| into problems.
 
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