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Setup Outlook to Check Your Email Every 10 Minutes

By: Christy Osborne

Ever wanted to automate Microsoft Outlook to download your email at a set interval? Tired of always having to hit that Send/Receive button? Click on this article to find out how.

Ever wanted to automate Microsoft Outlook to download your email at a set interval? Tired of always having to hit that Send/Receive button? Now you can setup Microsoft Outlook to receive your email every 10 minutes. Here’s how.

1. Click Tools, and select Options.
2. Select the Mail Setup tab in the “Options” window.
   
3. Check the Send immediately when connected check box, and then click the Send/Receive… button.
4. Check the Schedule an automatic send/receive check box, and select your send/receive for every 10 or more minutes.
   Note: It is very important not to schedule your send/receive for less than ten minutes, to avoid clogging and overrunning your local server.