Outlok 2003 doesen't automatically send/recieve while offline

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I don't think Outlook 2003 is automatically sending/receiving while
offline.
I set it to "Automatically send/receive while offline every 1
minute", so I'd except it to do that. But every time I start
Outlook, I have to wait around 10 seconds to get an e-mail to pop up.
I tested it by sending an e-mail from a different account on a
web-based interface to my account hooked up to Outlook. I sent it, and
making sure Outlook was closed, I left and waited around 10 minutes.
I got back and started Outlook. I would except to see the message in
there, because it check every 1 minute and I sent it 10 minutes ago...
but it wasn't automatically in there. It had to wait to do a
send/receive while it was "online" to et the message.

Anyone know why this is happening?
 
Outlook doesn't receive/process mail while it's closed (shut down, turned
off). The application has to be running in order to function (send/receive
email, process reminders, etc.). It sounds from your description as though
you are closing the application and expecting it to continue working? If I
have misunderstood the steps you have taken, I apologize and would ask you to
clarify.
I would also change your send/receive intervals to 10 minutes rather than 1.
1 is too often.
 
I guess my next question, then, would be, what exactly does it mean
when it gives you the option "Automatically send/receive while offline
every 1
minute"? I thiught when it said "offline", it meant "the program turned
off"
 
Offline means working with information stored in Outlook when you are not
connected to a network.

For example, you can read messages in your Inbox, compose new outgoing
messages and manage appointments on your Calendar -- all without a network
connection.

Offline Outlook folders are particularly useful if you are a laptop user who
needs to access Outlook information from a location where network
connectivity is inconvenient or impossible: an airport, a restaurant, a
client's office, etc.

Offline Outlook folders are stored in an offline folder file which is
located on your computer's local hard drive.

Offline Outlook folders are a mirror image of your Outlook folders stored on
the Exchange server. Offline Outlook folders kept current through a process
called "synchronization" which also sends any outgoing mail that you compose
while offline.

I hope this helps.
 
Android said:
I guess my next question, then, would be, what exactly does it mean
when it gives you the option "Automatically send/receive while offline
every 1
minute"? I thiught when it said "offline", it meant "the program
turned off"
Click to expand...

That's not what it means. "Work Offline" in Outlook means "while not
connected to the server" and usually applies to working in an Exchange
environment. It allows Exchange users to use Outlook as though they were
attached to the server, accessing their existing mail, appointments,
contacts, composing mail, and so on. The offline send/receive interval
instructs Outlook to connect to the server every so often to synchronize the
local copies of the folders with their counterparts on the Exchange server
so everything's up to date and then disconnect again. For POP accounts,
there's very little difference between online and offline. In all cases,
Outlook must be running in order to do its job.
 
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