Sending and Receiving E-mail

In Chapter 2, “Outlook from the Beginning,” you learned how to configure e-mail accounts, send/ receive groups, and Outlook profiles. Now you are ready to send and receive e-mail.

If you set up your send/receive group to automatically poll for new e-mails, your e-mail will arrive at regular intervals. If you didn't configure automatic polling for e-mail, you will have to check for e-mail manually. You also can check for new e-mails manually whenever you choose, whether or not an automatic polling interval was set. To manually check for new e-mail messages, do the following:

  • To send and receive e-mail manually, press the keyboard shortcut F9, which performs the same function as selecting Tools, Send/Receive, Send/Receive ...

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