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Cant offer much info or solution, but atleast ive got the same problem(only outlook xp).
I know for sure that when the progress is fast outlook doesnt check mail at all. My temp solution is exiting and restarting outlook, sometimes several times before it actually connects to the mail server. This started sometime after the 235 release.
Also It dont really go away when uninstalling.
Have tried different avs and firewalls to no avail.
What firewall do you use ?