Setting Outlook 2007 to check for new messages every 5 minutes

[Stjamesg8]

When I was using Windows Mail with Vista, it allowed to select "Check for new messages every XX minutes". I'm now using Win7 and Outlook, so how do I do that with Outlook 2007? Is it the same as "Schedule an automatic send/receive every XX minutes"?

[michael.monaco]

Do a "ctrl+alt+s" and set the number of minutes, make sure the box is checked and hit close.

Then go to Tools > Send/Receive > Send/Receive Settings and make sure there's no check mark next to "Disable scheduled send/receive."

Instead of saying "This folder is up to date" on the bottom right, it will say "This folder was last updated at HH:MM."

I'm not sure if this will work with another mail server/application/service, but it works with Exchange. I imagine it would work with others, I've just never tested it. Good luck.

[Stjamesg8]

Thanks Michael. This is what I'd done and seems to be working okay. I'm using two different mail clients.