Outlook 2007 not checking email when starting Outlook

[Neal]

Outlook 2007 running on Vista does not check email when first starting
Outlook. It then checks it at the interval I have it set to do so. Should
it not check for new emails when it is started?

Also, I have Outlook set to empty the Deleted item folder upon exit but it
only does this about 50% of the time.

Any settings I might have missed for these two issues?

 

[Guest]

Make sure Outlook is not loading from the startup folder. Put an icon in the
Quick Launch bar, wait until all startup items have loaded & you are
connected to the Internet, then start OL. It will hesitate for 30 seconds or
so, then check for Mail. Show the Status Bar in the View menu and it will
tell you when it's downloading. If it starts before everything has loaded, it
cannot check for mail.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Outlook in the startup folder has no problems checking for new mail. I don't know where you got that information from but it is incorrect.

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After furious head scratching, Mary asked:

| Make sure Outlook is not loading from the startup folder. Put an icon
| in the Quick Launch bar, wait until all startup items have loaded &
| you are connected to the Internet, then start OL. It will hesitate
| for 30 seconds or so, then check for Mail. Show the Status Bar in the
| View menu and it will tell you when it's downloading. If it starts
| before everything has loaded, it cannot check for mail.
|
| "Neal" wrote:
|
|| Outlook 2007 running on Vista does not check email when first
|| starting Outlook. It then checks it at the interval I have it set
|| to do so. Should it not check for new emails when it is started?
||
|| Also, I have Outlook set to empty the Deleted item folder upon exit
|| but it only does this about 50% of the time.
||
|| Any settings I might have missed for these two issues?