Change the Send/Receive Schedule

By default, Outlook checks for new mail every 30 minutes. To change the send/receive mail schedule:

1. Select Tools > Send/Receive > Send/Receive Settings > Define Send/Receive Groups.
2. The Send/Receive Groups dialog box appears.
3. Choose the number of minutes from the Schedule an automatic send/receive every drop-down that you prefer.
   
4. Click Close.

Change Message Download 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 both settings.

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. On the left panel, be sure that your cyrus.andrew.cmu.edu account is highlighted, and then select the radio button to Use the custom behavior defined below.
4. Select the Inbox (or whatever folder your want to set the behavior for), and then select the radio button for either:
   • 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.
5. Click OK and then Close to close the open dialog boxes.
6. Select the Send/Receive button to have Outlook process the change.