What is Outlook Cached Mode?
Running Outlook in Cached mode is the recommended way to configure Outlook. The performance increase out ways any disadvantages to running Outlook in On-Line mode. Outlook configured in caching mode maintains a local copy of the entire mailbox which can be accessed offline. In caching mode, Outlook does not maintain a constant connection to the Exchange server; instead, it connects on a polled basis. When enabling cached mode, please note these important changes: • When you enable Cached mode for the first time, it will take several minutes to download your e-mail to your local machine to populate the cached copy. • Cached mode will enable the Junk E-mail Handling Options. To see these, go to Tools, Options, and then Junk E-mail. • In cached mode, the address book is synchronized with the online address book once each morning. A manual sync can be performed by selecting Tools, Send/Receive, and then Download Address Book. The key advantages of using caching mode are as follows. • Outlo
