I didn't know if I needed to start a new post, so will add to this thread.

I set up a new profile in Outlook, and it pulled my Hotmail and AT&T mail in
properly. However, Outlook still checks for mail every 60 seconds or so, in
spite of the settings for this profile (default settings) existing as
follows:

1. send/receive when connected
2. schedule automatic send/receive every 30 minutes

Since changing profiles did not stop Outlook from checking for mail too
often, I removed the test profile. Do you have further steps that may
resolve this issue?

"jekeesl" wrote in message
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Sigh - I guess that convinces me that I need to set up new profile. Those
linked instructions from earlier were pretty clear, so I don't expect
problems. Thanks everybody for your help.

"Tom Willett" wrote in message
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"jekeesl" wrote in message
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: Okay. That too-frequent scan isn't hurting anything now, because my
: connection is fast enough to get all mail in less than a minute. But
if I
: have any further issues, I'll definitely create a new profile as
suggested
: earlier.

Having it check for mail every minute or less will most likely lead to
corruption of the profile as well as loss of the mail, including that
already stored in your inbox.