Send / Receive Options

You can configure Outlook to download the email message header only or to download the complete mail message including attachments. There are benefits and drawbacks to either setting.

For example, if you are using a slow Internet connection (e.g., dialup), Outlook will load faster if you configure it to download the headers only. However, while in this mode, you will lose the ability to perform an advanced keyword search on your Inbox to look for text in the body of a message.

Follow these steps to configure this setting:

1. Select Tools > Send/Receive > Send/Receive Settings > Define Send/Receive Groups.
2. The Send/Receive Groups dialog box appears. Click Edit.
   
3. The Send/Receive Settings - All Accounts dialog box appears. Select the Inbox under your cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu to highlight it, and then select the appropriate radio button to Download headers only or Download complete item including attachments.
   Note: Downloading complete messages for any other folder(s) that you are subscribed to (e.g., CMU News) is NOT recommended.
   
   
4. Click OK and then Close to close the open dialog boxes.
5. Select the Send/Receive button to have Outlook process the change.