Outlook 2003 send scheduling

[Guest]

In the "send and receive" page of options/mail setup, there are two check
boxes for automatic send/receives every x minutes. The lower one is "when
outlook is offline". What does this mean? How can it send/receive when
offline? Even though I have this box unchecked, when I am not connected to
the net and outlook is not running it tries to send/receive at intervals
specified in the upper check box. What is happening?

 

[Brian Tillman]

In the "send and receive" page of options/mail setup, there are two
check boxes for automatic send/receives every x minutes. The lower
one is "when outlook is offline". What does this mean? How can it
send/receive when offline? Even though I have this box unchecked,
when I am not connected to the net and outlook is not running it
tries to send/receive at intervals specified in the upper check box.
What is happening?

First, if Outlook isn't running it CAN'T try to send/receive. Ergo, if you
see a send/receive attempt, Outlook must be running.

Second, whether or not you're connected to the Internet doesn't have any
bearing on Outlook's definition of "online". There is a "Work Offline"
setting on Outlook's File menu. If that's not checked, Outlook considers
itself online. If it is checked, Outlook is offline.

There is an explanation of those check boxes in Outlook's Help. Give it a
shot.

 

[Guest]

Yes, I think I get the "offline" idea now. However, last night I can assure
you I was getting send/receive messages AFTER I had closed outlook. It wasn't

 

[Brian Tillman]

Yes, I think I get the "offline" idea now. However, last night I can
assure you I was getting send/receive messages AFTER I had closed
outlook. It wasn't on the taskbar!

That doesn't mean it wasn't running. Some things that can keep it running
are listed here: http://www.howto-outlook.com/Faq/outlookdoesntclose.htm .
To make sure Outlook isn't running, you can use the Task Manager to find all
processes named OUTLOOK.EXE.