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im on win xp pro and i want to know is there a way to make outlook 6 automatically check for my mail when i click the little envelope near the history icon and "read mail"? cause right now i gotta click "send/recieve" every time i wanna see if there is new mail.

It should check for new messages every 30min by default. You can change that to as little as a minute(Tools>Options>Check For New mail Every...) If your talking about checking when OE isn't active as a process then no you cant, but you can get third party tools that can do that for you and will sit in the sys tray.

actually what i meant was, on my 98se rig right when i open outlook it checks for new mail. my question is, can i do that in xp? i know i can change it to check every so often but i want it to check for mail right when i open outlook.

Im sure there is the option in Outlook to obut Im not an Outlook User only Outlook Express. The option there is under Tools>Options>Send and Recieve Messages At Starup

tools/options/ mail setup tab/ second selection

all i see is an automatic send and recieve on exiting. i want it to automatically send and recieve on starting. any more suggestions?

On the general tab under Tools-Options about 1/2 down is the option to send/receive on startup. Right about the option for how often to check for mail.

You must be using express.

Yea, he mentioned Outlook 6 which is Outlook Express.

My bad, I must have select reading lol. Didn't see the 6.

i dont have a general tab http://members.cox.net/georgethemobboss ... 0setup.JPG

That screenshot is totally diferent than my Outlook Express 6 version. Are you sure that you have outlook Express 6?

Originally posted by polishmafia4u
i dont have a general tab http://members.cox.net/georgethemobboss ... 0setup.JPG

If that's from your system then you are already set! look at the second section down where it says send and recieve imediatley and notice the check mark in place.

i see it but it doesnt say send/recieve immediatly it just says send immediatly. when i send a message, yes it automatically sends it and doesnt wait for me to click anything or exit before sending. the thing is tho, it will not recieve immedietly when connected. trust me, i emailed this adress using a different account and then used outlook to open it and waited for like 10 min and it still woulndt recieve it until i actually pressed the "send/recieve" button. any more suggestions?

Sorry but I can not see anything in the Outlook Express setups that I have on various screens that looks like your screen shot. Hopefully someone else will.

maybe my outlook is just plain *explicit* anyways, thank you to everybody that really tried to help me.