Hi Rose. Not that I know of....if you set Outlook to automatically check for mail, it will do it as soon as you log on. The only way to stop that is to turn off automatic send/receive immediately.....or, just hit send/receive as soon as you turn it on and add your password then Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com/main.htm Author/Teacher ~ MS Office EBooks/Classes http://personal-computer-tutor.com/services.htm -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rose Sent: Monday, May 13, 2002 10:52 AM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Outlook 2000 Whenever I launch my Outlook program it automatically checks for email. But I have it set to always ask for a password, so first it checks for email and then gives me an error message. Then I have to click SEND/RECEIVE again and it lets me enter my password. Is there a way to turn off that first automatic email checking when I open the Outlook program? Rose ************************************************************* PLEASE READ!!!! You are receiving this mail because you either subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or to it's earlier version, MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject line that says "unsubscribe" (without the quotes). Do not put unsubscribe IN CAPS. Screaming doesn't get you out any faster and the caps prevent the function from working. To change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail), visit the group's homepage for full instructions. //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso *************************************************************