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Disable Automatic Send/Receive of Email in Outlook

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If you use Outlook, you might have noticed that it downloads and sends emails automatically after certain intervals, though that is definitely a good practice, many people may not want to send/receive emails automatically for several reasons.

Here are some simple steps that will stop the automatic send/receive of emails in both .

Disable Automatic Send/Receive In Microsoft Outlook

Step 1: Open Outlook and go to Tools > Options.

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Step 2: Click on the Mail Setup tab, if you want to disable automatic sending of messages, just uncheck the box next to Send Immediately when connected, this will disable automatic sending of messages.

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Step 3: Click on the Send/Receive button in the same tab, this will open a new options window. To disable automatic send/receive for your account group, just select the group from the list and uncheck the box next to Schedule an automatic send/receive every.

With the automatic send/receive disable you will still have to download emails, just press the F9 key with the Outlook window in focus, whenever you want to manually send/receive email in Outlook.

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  1. john on November 5th, 2009 at 5:39 pm #

    Another way: view/toolbars/customize/commands/tools/disable scheduled send/receive

    This is nice if you want your phone to pick up all mails while you’re at lunch. You re-enable the schedule when you return.

  2. Eunos on January 16th, 2010 at 8:08 am #

    Is there a way to configure outlook express to (only) send emails and not receive? I’ve been trying to meddle around but can’t really get it “unstucked”. Outlook seems to always need to receive before it sends out, or something like that. It just gets stucked when I click on the send/rcv button.

    • phelps on April 5th, 2010 at 9:41 am #

      go to send/receive settings, then send/ receive groups. Double click on the group and you can change whethr both a send and/or receive is done

  3. Penni on May 29th, 2010 at 5:25 am #

    Easy to follow – I like the step-by-step instructions

  4. Ronald on July 22nd, 2010 at 5:05 pm #

    Your advisory on how to disable automatic send and receive was excellent and needed. You would be surprised how many experts and sites that I visited before you provided the correct answer. Most advisors sent me to MS Outlook rules for delaying send but when delays are put there they cannot be overriden I don't think.

  5. Vignesh Dhakshinamoorthy on September 3rd, 2010 at 12:03 pm #

    Thank you ;-)

  6. asigurari locuinte on October 10th, 2011 at 5:39 am #

    I’ve been trying to meddle around but can’t really get it “unstucked”.