Paul
Mon Apr 21 10:47:18 CDT 2008
In article <C4314B38.38EBE%ed.kimball@att.net>,
Ed Kimball <ed.kimball@att.net> wrote:
> On 4/18/08 2:15 PM ET, "Paul Robichaux [MVP-Exchange]" <paul@robichaux.net>
> wrote:
>
> > In article <ee98d85.-1@webcrossing.caR9absDaxw>,
> > carneym@officeformac.com wrote:
> >
> >> Version: 2008
> >> Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
> >> Processor: intel
> >> Email Client: Exchange
> >>
> >> When I set Entourage 2008 to "Work Offline" and Send a message, I get a
> >> dialog box from Entourage that says "Do you want to connect to the
> >> Internet
> >> to complete this action?"
> >> The choices are "Work Online" "Cancel" and "Connect".
> >> I do NOT want to Work Online or Connect nor do I want to Cancel and lose
> >> the
> >> message.
> >> What should happen is that the sent message is placed in the OutBox until
> >> my
> >> next connection.
> >> Work Offline works fine for me in Entourage 2004, which uses Send Later to
> >> put messages in the OutBox.
> >> How do I get Work Offline to work properly? Is there a setting I am
> >> missing?
> >>
> >> --Carney Mimms
> >
> > Unfortunately, what you're seeing is the way Entourage is supposed to
> > work. It's a huge pain in the neck if you're, say, on an airplane and
> > cleaning out your inbox. One workaround is not to "Work Offline". If you
> > don't have a network connection, messages will just sit in the outbox
> > until you reconnect.
> >
> > I've reported this to the product team, and I hope they'll fix it in a
> > future release.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > -Paul
>
>
> Isn't another option to use "Send Later" instead of "Send"? I assume this
> command works in 2008 as it does in 2004.
Honestly, I don't know-- "Send Later" doesn't seem to do anything for
Exchange accounts, and that's all I use Entourage with.
Cheers,
-Paul