# Microsoft Outlook question **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 11, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118 "2009-08-11T22:47:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/1 "2009-08-11T22:47:44Z")
I have Microsoft Outlook 2007 which I don’t use very often but I’m curious if I can change what seems to be a default behavior. For E-mail I have an msn (hotmail) account which Outlook syncs with when I run it. Now, on websites with a hot-link to an E-mail address if I click it Outlook will pop up. However, I never use this option because when I tried in the past I found out that instead of instantly sending the E-mail it places it in a folder of outgoing E-mail which will get sent off later. Can I change it so that as soon I hit send it will actually send the E-mail instead of storing it away to send later? ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/2 "2009-08-12T00:34:56Z")
Tools -\> Options -\> Mail settings (tab) -\> Click “Send immediately when connected” checkbox. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/3 "2009-08-12T00:49:08Z")
Awesome. Nobody asked a question, then somebody answered it. That’s got to be some kind of paradox. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/4 "2009-08-12T02:10:21Z")
Cool, thanks Cerowyn. And Lobsang, Nobody is responding to you. Does that blow your mind? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/5 "2009-08-12T15:53:13Z")
Did somebody say something?.. … Ah it was probably nobody. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/6 "2009-08-12T16:32:47Z")
> [@Lobsang](#): > > Awesome. Nobody asked a question, then somebody answered it. That’s got to be some kind of paradox. That made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![UselessGit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/74df32/32.png) [@UselessGit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UselessGit)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/7 "2009-08-13T01:54:32Z")
The sad part is, I could have been of some use, had it not been for somebody answering before me. -Edit: originally I said “nobody answering before me”, which was more amusing but slightly inaccurate. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2009, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microsoft-outlook-question/506118/8 "2009-08-13T01:58:01Z")
Nobody finds this interesting.