I'm using Express... Do you mean it does the download when you control OutlookExpress using the MapiSession, MapiMessage OCX or OE itself?

>Mike,
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>Outlook Express or Outlook? they are two vastly different beasts. OE does a download for me every time it launches and then checks for mail every 5 minutes. It must just be a setting you have different. I don't see one that exactly controls the behavior.

>>I installed IE4 and setup Outlook at my mapi server and now everything works the way I want it. Except...
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>>When I dial-in and signon, eventhough the download mail property is true, mapi won't download new mail. It can recognize unread mail I already have in my inbox, then it works like a charm. But as far as I know I can't recieve new mail.