Outlook does not poll an Exchange Server for new mail, an Exchange Server
pushes new email notifications to outlook clients via UDP as messages
arrive. If you aren't getting notifications or new mail suddenly appears
when users change folders, you may have a UDP connectivity issue:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311506/en-us
OL2000: You Cannot Receive New E-mail Notifications
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/839226/en-us
The Outlook Find feature and the new mail notifications do not work after
you apply Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/264035/en-us
No way to configure port for UDP new mail notification packets
Hal

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