Outlook 2000 question

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I have Outlook set up to check my mail server for email when I click the send/receive button.

The mail server is set up under 'Internet email' and I just specify the local IP address to conect to.
Is there any way to get Outlook to check for mail as soon as I load it up, rather than just when I click send/receive, like it would do if it was running in conjunction with Exchange server?

 

[bjb86s]

Tools -> Options...

Check "Send and receive messages at startup"

 

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OK, I may just be being dumb here, but where is that option?

That's the sort of thing I have been searching for, but I cannot for the life of me find it.
I have tried searching in help for things similar to that, but I can't find anything.

 

[applesseed]

Okay... I just compared Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. I'm
assuming you're using just plain Outlook. It doesn't have that feature
that bjb86s suggested. Outlook Express has that feature. I don't see
it under MS Outlook.

Under Outlook Express... you go to Tools > Options and
it's under the General Tabs... you'd see Send / Receive Messages ... you want
to check where it says Send and Receive Messages at Startup. Hope this helps!

 

[ojai00]

Also, you can have it check for new messages every minute rather than every 3 minutes. I can't remember exactly where you can change that, but it is somewhere in the Send/Receive options. When you change it to check every minute, it will most likely check for new mail every time you start up. Hope this helps.