Nope. Turns out that I needed to change the drop down box to say "connect if
not connected " or something like that. I never thought of that since I have
a high speed connection and technically I'm always connected. Once I changed
that, it was fine. That should really be addressed since it gives the
impression it is really for dial-up accounts.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

> "Connie L" <Connie L@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3E2D19C6-21DA-4C33-974D-021B12F948AF@microsoft.com...
> >I want Windows Mail to check for e-mail both when I enter it and also every
> >5
> > minutes. If I check the box to have it check every 5 minutes along with
> > the
> > box for checking when entering or leaving, it will NOT check when I first
> > enter Mail. If I uncheck the box to check every 5 minutes, then it checks
> > when I first enter like it should. Is it suppose to work this way? Stupid
>
> Try ten minutes instead of five.
>
> --
> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
> http://www.fjsmjs.com
> Answer in newsgroup. Don't expect an answer to email.
>
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