I had the same problem and I ued this link to resolve it.

http://radio.weblogs.com/0106046/sto...sProblems.html

hope this helps.

"Jim Walsh" wrote:

Outlook 2003.

One of my users is getting the following error message when he clicks on the
Send/Receive button:

"You don't have appropriate permissions to perform this operation."

He has two e-mail accounts set up (as we all do). One is an IMAP setup to
the University e-mail server. The other is an Exchange Server account to a
server in our local college domain.

He can select the Inbox of either account, and then do Send/Receive ..."This
folder" without error.

Furthermore, the periodic Send/Receive on both boxes works without errors.

If he attempts to select Send/Receive...Send/Recieve Settings...Define
Send/Receive groups, he gets the same error message about not having
"appropriate permissions".

His account has administrative privileges on his own machine.

Thanks in advance for help.

Jim