See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/197067 which says "There must be
30 to 60 seconds of idle time on your computer before the automatic
processing will activate. Any keyboard or mouse movement will
interrupt this idle time. "

In case I wasn't clear, I'm not talking about returning receipts from
the recipient but rather processing them in the sender's Inbox.

The environment is E2K/E2K3 and the result is the same with Outlook XP/
2003 or 2007. The servers in question are very lightly loaded. The
process receipts upon arrival option is checked in the client.

Do you really never see the receipts in your Inbox?


On Feb 19, 6:35 pm, "Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
wrote:
How did you come to this conclusion? Receipts are processed immediately when using Exchange. Perhaps you need to specify your environment.

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After furious head scratching, Alan asked:

| Hello,
|
| In Outlook, read receipts and delivery notifications are processed in
| idle time, which seems to be about 1-2 minutes. Anyone know if a
| registry key specifies the exact idle time? We're looking to reduce
| it, like to zero if feasible!
|
| Thanks,
|
| - Alan.