Hi List, I have seen some postings in this list with an Outlook problem, where your folders are not updated automatically. You have to switch between folders to update the contents or to refresh the folders. I have been having this problem for a month now, and finally found the solution. I fixed it by adding OUTLOOK.EXE as an exception to the Windows XP SP-2 Firewall. After doing this, my folders refresh immediately. HTH to others who might have the same problem. Regards Raj