Messages Slow to Appear in Inbox

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I have several questions about Outlook and will ask one in each of several posts

I have found that in Outlook (unlike my experience with Outlook Express) it takes a very long time (hours) for messages to appear in my Inbox after they have been sent by someone. For example, someone sent me a message this afternoon and it still has not appeared in my Inbox but I can launch Outlook Express and there's the message! My mail server is an IMAP server so the message clearly is still on the server and should be viewable in Outlook; it will probably be there tomorrow morning. I have verified this phenomenon myself by sending myself a mail message ... it simple doesn't appear for hours (sooner or later it does appear) even if I hit SEND/RECEIVE to force it to look at the server; my experience with Outlook Express is that the message appears within a minute or two of it being sent

Perhaps there is some operating option/preference I have set that explains this but I certainly didn't do it intentionally

Thanks

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Is this problem related to the one posted just above where you get error
messages about Outlook having a problem sending and receiving on your IMAP
server?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer:
fripper <[email protected]> asked:
| I have several questions about Outlook and will ask one in each of
| several posts:
|
| I have found that in Outlook (unlike my experience with Outlook
| Express) it takes a very long time (hours) for messages to appear in
| my Inbox after they have been sent by someone. For example, someone
| sent me a message this afternoon and it still has not appeared in my
| Inbox but I can launch Outlook Express and there's the message! My
| mail server is an IMAP server so the message clearly is still on the
| server and should be viewable in Outlook; it will probably be there
| tomorrow morning. I have verified this phenomenon myself by sending
| myself a mail message ... it simple doesn't appear for hours (sooner
| or later it does appear) even if I hit SEND/RECEIVE to force it to
| look at the server; my experience with Outlook Express is that the
| message appears within a minute or two of it being sent.
|
| Perhaps there is some operating option/preference I have set that
| explains this but I certainly didn't do it intentionally.
|
| Thanks.