You could try testing your outbound and inbound servers, assuming you have a POP3 server. Under the “Tools” drop down menu select “Options”, then select the tab “Mail Setup”, then select the button “E-mail Accounts”, then check “view or change existing accounts” and hit “Next” button. This will get you to a window with a section labeled “Account Settings” and a lot of different parameters. Hit the “Test Account Settings” button to test your outbound and inbound servers and other things. I am not a computer geek, but sometimes I can fiddle around here to fix a problem. Hope this helps.
Oh yeah. Sometimes MS Outlook just sucks.