For people that tend to receive message earlier on their phones than they do in Outlook and want to change that, then the steps outlined below will help to ensure that you receive your messages as soon as possible on your computer as well. Send and Receive Messages More or Less Frequently in Outlook 2011įortunately it is possible to make this change in Outlook 2011, allowing you to check for new messages more or less frequently than the 10 minute default setting. So if you want to adjust Outlook 2011 so that it send and receives messages more or less frequently, you may have trouble determining where to go to make that change. The Outlook 2011 program for your Mac OS X computer is very similar to the versions that you might be used to on a Windows computer, but the menus and locations of important settings are noticeably different.