

His old laptop did something similar with outgoing email taking a while to initiate sending or for new email to get fetched and they thought a new computer would fix it. Once the sync completes, outgoing mail sends and incoming mail comes in, but then it will sync again and no mail transfers until it's done. I've set the sync interval to 1 minute or 5 minutes or 30 minutes. I've tried unsubscribing to all the folders but the Inbox. I'm pretty familiar with the way Outlook and Gmail work and have had problems with it in the past as many people do as evidenced by all the problem posts found on Google.

Sometimes it starts over and sometimes it goes up to 8 minutes. The problem is that in the status box, it shows synchronizing subscribed folders and usually shows about 2 minutes. I'm familiar with all the basics like turning on IMAP in Gmail which was already on since he's been using the account already with his old computer and Outlook. Joined: Oct 13, Messages: 1 Likes Received: 0.I have a client using regular gmail. The most important thing is that no more waiting to sync emails. I am very happy with it, love all the option it give me to control my email accounts and the ability to install add-ons. My solution is: use a better email client! I recommend Thunderbird after testing a few others. It fixed my Outlook problem! Hi, Just to let you know what I end up with to solve the slow outlook synchronization issues. Thank you, Popowich, for your excellent instructions. Last edited by a moderator: Jan 19, Joined: Nov 7, Messages: 1 Likes Received: 0. This way, I will be notified of new emails faster, and then selectively download the body of new emails.

The better approach for me is: tick "Get folder unread count for subscribed folders", Under Received mail items check the option "Download headers for subscribed folders". I have to click on a subfolder to check for new emails in it. If I uncheck the "Get folder unread count for subscribed folders", yes outlook become faster to sync emails, but the problem with this is that outlook doesn't check for new emails in the subfolders any more. Hi popowich, I am using the outlook auto filter tool, which moves new emails into subfolders. Joined: Aug 22, Messages: 2 Likes Received: 0. Nirav DFeb 11, Joined: Jul 4, Messages: 1 Likes Received: 0. What difference does it make if we leave it checked or unchecked? But I appreciate if u can actually explain the logic. Joined: Aug 12, Messages: 8, Likes Received: Last edited: May 8, Joined: Dec 13, Messages: 20 Likes Received: 0. Discussion in ' Microsoft Outlook ' started by popowichMay 31, Log in or Sign up.
