Send/Receive stops working abruptly. Manual send/receive works...

Outlook 2002 SP3

All of a sudden my send/receive stopped working. It is set to check mail
every 1 minute and on exit. It doesn't do anything unless I manually click
on send/receive. I've tried copying the send/receive settings per MS
knowledgebase, and I've also verified the "disable scheduled send/receive"
isn't checked.

This happened once before and I uninstalled and reinstalled Office entirely
and it worked again until now.

Has anyone heard of this problem with Outlook?

Checking mail every 1 minute is really a bad idea.
In general, here are the reasons automatic polling might fail in Outlook:
1. You have created an unrealistic polling interval. Many users set their
polling interval to 1 minute thinking they will be downloading mail
continuously as it arrives. Such settings are not recommended. They put an
unnecessary strain on mail servers and can create conflicting polling
requests that can damage your Send/Receive Group or even your account
settings. 10 minutes is the recommended minimum.
2. While exiting Outlook, you inadvertently set your profile to Work Offline
(this option is immediately above the Exit command in the File menu).
3. You have a damaged Send/Receive Group as documented he
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q312/3/36.asp
4. You have overridden your Send/Receive Group settings as documented he
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../q320/8/36.asp
5. Your mail account settings are corrupt. Recreate your mail account from
scratch.
6. Firewall software is blocking your transmission. Disable your Firewall
temporarily to see if automatic polling is restored.




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Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"mishmatta" wrote in message
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Outlook 2002 SP3

All of a sudden my send/receive stopped working. It is set to check mail
every 1 minute and on exit. It doesn't do anything unless I manually
click
on send/receive. I've tried copying the send/receive settings per MS
knowledgebase, and I've also verified the "disable scheduled send/receive"
isn't checked.

This happened once before and I uninstalled and reinstalled Office
entirely
and it worked again until now.

Has anyone heard of this problem with Outlook?