Outlook 2010 - cannot stop automatic receive at startup

Hi all
Annoying little glitch in Outlook 2010 is that unlike Outlook 2007 and earlier there is NO option (or at least I can't find it) to prevent an automatic RECEIVE at start up. There is a facility for preventing automatic SENDING of mail.


One irritant here is that if you just want to open your email and you are NOT connected to the internet the OPEN takes a long time and gives you the message unable to display contents of your Server folder ( I'm using IMAP where after retrieving messages I move them from the mail server to a local folder on the client computer).

The delay is caused by outlook trying to connect to the mail server --which is EXACTLY what I DON'T want to happen.

The older versions of OUTLOOK gave you the option of NOT connecting to the mail server untill you did a manual SEND / RECEIVE.

I've looked as hard as I can and can't find anyway of preventing Outlook from trying to access the mail server when starting the program. I had IMAP too on Outlook 2007 and didn't have this problem.

I'm using OUTLOOK 2010 in the 32 bit version.

Cheers
jimbo

In Outlook goto File / Options / outlook option's / Advanced goto send & receive

gemlen said:

In Outlook goto File / Options / outlook option's / Advanced goto send & receive

Hi there
I don't think you read my post.

This option only gives you a SEND IMMEDIATELY when connected --there's NO option to prevent RECEIVE immediately on connection.

Screenshot enclosed


Cheers
jimbo

Hi
Try this

In Outlook go File / outlook Options / Click on the send/Receive Button / Remove the tick in Schedule an automatic send & receive every time.

I have tried this and the send & receive is disabled

gemlen said:

Hi
Try this

In Outlook go File / outlook Options / Click on the send/Receive Button / Remove the tick in Schedule an automatic send & receive every time.

I have tried this and the send & receive is disabled

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Did not work for me. I, also, can only suppress the sending, not the receiving of emails upon startup.

One solution would be to create a shortcut on the desktop that uses the commad line switch..

/nopollmail Starts Outlook without checking mail at startup.

For more details see..

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/commandlineswitches.htm

CWatters said:

One solution would be to create a shortcut on the desktop that uses the commad line switch..

/nopollmail Starts Outlook without checking mail at startup.

For more details see..

http://www.howto-outlook.com/howto/commandlineswitches.htm

Hi there +1
Have repped you as this was a REALLY irritating "Feature" especially if you are offline.

Thanks -- this did the trick

Cheers
jimbo

seems to have worked for me -- running Office 2010 32 bit and Office 2007

Cheers
jimbo