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"How can I get Outlook 2003 to automatically send and receive when I open the program? I have to press F-9 or go to the menu bar TOOLS/SEND AND RECEIVE."

Browse to Tools, Send and Receive, Send /Receive Settings - find Define Send and Receive Groups or press Ctrl+Alt+S on your keyboard.

Add a check to the option to check every xx min.

When this is enabled, Outlook will check for new email every time you open it and every xx minutes while it remains open.

Note: You should not check it more often than every 8 -10 min because it creates too much load on your mail server and a large amount of mail will cause some versions of Outlook to hang if it is still downloading mail when the next automatic mail pass starts.