Djj,
did you ever find a way around this?
Cheers Mattw
directjj wrote:
[Quoted Text] > Send email immediate when Outlook 2003 is closed?
>
> I'm broadband so I'm always connected to the net but Outlook is
> usually closed during the day except when I specifically want to
> receive and reply to email. Of course I also send email when Outlook
> is open, but sometimes I want to send email when Outlook is not
> running, e.g.:
>
> 1) Sometimes I send and email from a shortcut on my desktop, e.g.
> shortcut URL =
> mailto:somebody[ at ]isp.com
>
> 2) Some websites use a webform but others have a link, e.g. "Contact
> Us" which will launch a new Outlook Compose email window just like the
> shortcut #1 above.
>
>
> 3) Outlook doesn't do UseNet, and sometimes when I'm using my UseNet
> newsreader I will want to reply by email instead of post a UseNet
> reply. My newsreader, Forte Agent, is configured to use MAPI (Outlook)
> to send an email message so it launches a new Outlook compose email
> message, like #1 & #2 above.
>
> The thing is outgoing Outlook email messages created in the three
> examples above are not sent right away if Outlook is not running. They
> go to the Outlook Outbox, and are not actually sent until I start up
> Outlook.
>
> Is there a way to configure Outlook to send these messages immediately
> without actually starting up Outlook (even if it means starting
> outlook in the background, but closing it back down upon successful
> send, and not doing anything else like retrieving email messages etc.)
>
> Obviously, even when Outlook is not running, it (or Windows) is
> "listening" and in the above 3 cases it realizes I want to use Outlook
> to compose an email message, so why can't it send the message?
>
> Possibly related or not to my question what does the
>
> "Schedule an automatic send/receive every x minutes" check box really
> do, i.e.:
>
>
> Tools / Options / Mail Setup / Send Receive / Send Receive Groups /
>
> "Schedule an automatic send/receive every x minutes" check box
>
>
> John "J.J." Jackson
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