Toolbar buttons in MS Outlook

[questril]

Is it possible to put a 'Send/Receive' button onto a toolbar in a 'Contacts' window in Outlook? I tend to create my mails from Contacts, but when I have clicked on 'Send' in the Create Mail window, I then have to go to the Inbox (or another mail window) to find a Send/Receive button. If I try to customise the toolbars in Contacts, the Send/Receive button doesn't seem to be available - and even if I create a new toolbar in the Inbox window with Send/Receive on it, Send/Receive disappears if I open the new toolbar in the Contacts window.

Any ideas?

 

[Dreamboat]

What is it that you're trying to do if you hit Send on a contact? Are you trying to create a new message using that contact?

I don't understand.

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[questril]

Sorry, I didn't give the background:

I usually create my mails offline from the Contacts folder in Outlook. (Right-click on the contact and select 'New Message to Contact' from the drop-down list. This opens a 'New Message' window.) Clicking on 'Send' in the New Message window puts the message into Outbox, closes the window and returns me to the Contacts folder. I want to put a 'Send/Receive' button on the Contacts toolbar, so I don't have to go to a mail window to finish the job.

 

[Dreamboat]

But you don't have to go to a new mail window. You just said *I hit send* and it goes to outbox.

Do you mean you want it to have a new, blank message for you instead? I still don't understand.

Exactly what do you want it to do after you hit send and it closes the message and puts it in the outbox?

Sorry...

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[joegz]

If you are working offline in Outlook then it would be normal for the mail message to sit in the Outbox. Is perhaps what you are looking for is a way for the mail to send automatically when you click on SEND rather than having to click on SEND/RECEIVE to initiate the communication process.

But what kind of connection do you have? Is it dialup?

By the way pressing F5 is equal to clicking on SEND/RECEIVE although I am not certain if you have to me in a "Mail" screen. joegz
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