By default, it does a send/receive when you start Outlook 2003. It sounds like yours is turned off?

Go to Tools > Send/Receive > Send/Receive Settings > Define Send/Receive Groups.

You will see a number of checkboxes on that dialog window. (You can also click on Edit... and find more settings.) The "Include this group in send/receive (F9)" box should be checked.

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