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Redlemon · 05-03-2005, 01:49 PM

We are running Exchange 5.5 on a NT4 server (yeah, we need to replace it). It's getting pretty cranky these days. Most of that I can deal with, but there's a new issue. The workstations in our office are using Outlook 98 to connect to it, and it is often taking over a half hour for a message to cross our office.

I can't find any setting in Outlook 98 that says "only check for messages every 45 minutes" or anything like that. However, I notice that if I've left Outlook unattended for a while, then open an email or something, I'll suddenly get a pile of emails that have built up, so working in Outlook seems to trigger the "get email" action.

Unfortunately, I can't narrow down the timeframe on when this started to happen, or what may have been changed on the server at the time. Any suggestions on where to look? I've Googled, but I can't find the right search terms to define my problem.

05-03-2005, 01:49 PM	#1 (permalink)
Redlemon Devoted Donor Location: New England	Outlook / Exchange Server / slow checking We are running Exchange 5.5 on a NT4 server (yeah, we need to replace it). It's getting pretty cranky these days. Most of that I can deal with, but there's a new issue. The workstations in our office are using Outlook 98 to connect to it, and it is often taking over a half hour for a message to cross our office. I can't find any setting in Outlook 98 that says "only check for messages every 45 minutes" or anything like that. However, I notice that if I've left Outlook unattended for a while, then open an email or something, I'll suddenly get a pile of emails that have built up, so working in Outlook seems to trigger the "get email" action. Unfortunately, I can't narrow down the timeframe on when this started to happen, or what may have been changed on the server at the time. Any suggestions on where to look? I've Googled, but I can't find the right search terms to define my problem. __________________ I can't read your signature. Sorry.