Everytime I launch OUTLOOK and hit send/receive the progress box tells me emails are being sent even though none are in my outbox and after the sending (sometimes more than one) nothing appears in the sent box. They are small because they don't take long to send but is there a problem or is this just the program sending request to server? Is there a more sinister problem and if so how do I rectify?APPARENTLY you have Send / Receive turned on for launch of Outlook. What version of Outlook are you running?Well, send/recive doesn't automatically operate at launch. I still click on the send receive button to actually get emails sent and to check if I have emails. But when I am checking to see if I have emails the first thing I see in the progress box is that at least one and often more are being sent. But I haven't generqated any emails and none are waiting to be sent in the outbox. When I try to check what was sent the sent box has nothing later then the last one I sent several days ago. This happens every time I check mail. Dunno what version but I don't use outlook express as prefer to use older version HOPEFULLY less likely to be attacked than if I was usig express as less PEOPLE use it ... hope this makes sense.It sounds LIKE the normal Send / Receive function... It will tell you that it has two tasks while the progress bar moves along and communicates with the server. I don't think there's anything to worry about.