Back to the my mapi frustrations...

Are you sure the Mapi OCX can't download mail off a server? Before I loaded Outlook Express the previous versions downloaded and uploaded. Maybe I just don't have the settings right.

>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.
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>Here's a trimmed down version of my settings OE from RegEdit. Maybe they'll help you find the difference:
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>REGEDIT4