Manually Syncing Email

Summary

How to manually sync an unpopulated mailbox in Outlook.

Body

Issue/Question

Why are there no emails after I added a mailbox to my Outlook application?

Environment

  • Outlook

Cause

Sometimes Outlook will not immediately update the mailbox with emails automatically at first. You may need to manually update the account.

Resolution

  1. Open Outlook application.
  2. Click inbox of mailbox so that it is selected.
  3. Click Send/Receive tab in the top ribbon.
  4. Click Update Folder to begin updating the inbox.
  5. Emails should begin to populate in the inbox. If this occurs, click on the Send/Receive All Folders button to update all folders.

Details

Details

Article ID: 3790
Created
Tue 3/30/21 8:13 AM
Modified
Tue 3/3/26 10:04 AM

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