OL2000: Check Mail Every x Minutes Setting is Not Migrated When Upgrading from Outlook 97

• Microsoft Outlook 2000

SYMPTOMS

After upgrading from Microsoft Outlook 97 (version 8.0), to Microsoft Outlook 2000, your schedule for checking new mail every <x> minutes has changed to the 10-minute default value.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Outlook 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

When you upgrade from Outlook 97 (version 8.0) with the Internet Mail service in your mail profile, to Outlook 2000 Internet Mail Only (IMO), the setting to check for new mail every <x>minutes is not migrated to the new program. You will need to manually reset the scheduled connection period after the upgrade from Outlook 97 to Outlook 2000.

To change the time interval, follow these steps:

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.



2. On the Mail Delivery tab, change the value for how often Outlook checks for new mail.



3. Click Apply and then OK.

Additional query words: OL2K migrate move upgrade

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug