Thanks for the reply, but I'm still confused. I'm with you up to "Send/Receive Btn", but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do after that. I can't see any options that would appear to do what I want. I don't want Send/Receive to work automatically. I want to received messages only when I click the Send/Received button and for messages to be sent when I click Send which is what Outlook used to do before I reinstalled it.

Warmest regards,
Joe