Outlook connects if it can and downloads your mail the same as it would if
you were online. If it can't connect, it can't download.

Signature
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
> OK this may be the dumbest of all questions - but when
> outlook is offline and you have it set to automatically
> send and receive emails, even while offline - where does
> the email go? Our new ISP won't hold it, they want us to
> hang on to all emails. Any ideas? We do not use a MS
> Exchange server.