Bob,

You mentioned quite a few settings which are all related to your problem,
but you did not mention one of the main ones.....

Under TOOLS - OPTIONS - GENERAL  is the option to
   CHECK FOR NEW MESSAGES EVERY xx MINUTES.
This must be active for the "autoretrieve" function to work.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bob LaSalle <[log in to unmask]>

> Best wishes to all.....
>
> I am running IE 5.0 and Outlook Express 5. With all the various options,
> controls, selections, etc. I have managed to loose the feature of
automatic
> checking the mail server for new mail. In order to retrieve mail from my
> ISP's mail server, I must manually select
Tools/Send&Receive/mail-server.
>

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