outlook for mac delayed in receiving emails...slower than iphone

Sorry to post in a fairly dead thread but I just had this problem and thought I would share my solution in-case anyone else has this issue.

I will get an alert on my smartphone that I have new email, check my Outlook 2013 inbox, and nothing.

Ill have to wait anywhere between 5 mins - to a few hours for email to show up.

Just now sending a test email from my gmail account to my work account, took about 2-3 minutes (outlook 2010 was almost instantaneous), and it arrives in bunches of emails.

I had the same problem and spent 12 hours Googleing trying to figure it out.

Turns out its due to Windows Firewall disabling a rule that allows outlook to get pushed emails.

Follow these steps to get Outlook to push emails like it should: 1) Navigate to the Windows Firewall options (Control PanelSystem and SecurityWindows Firewall) 2) Click Advanced settings on the left side.

Click Inbound Rules on the left side of the dialogue that opens.

Find a rule called Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol (SSTP-In).

Right click it and select Enable Rule.

Alternatively disable Windows Firewall but I have no alternative so would prefer to keep it on.

Laz EDIT: I use a Microsoft Exchange Activesync account but the above fix should be applicable to Exchange servers too.

Laz, I could KISS you Have been going nuts with this silly problem.

Glad i was able to help someone out - ive wasted more than enough time on it for everyone haha.

After the fix worked fine for a week, and mails came in immediately, back to square one.

I have gmail open with my google apps ID logged in, and Outlook also.

I see 6 mails in Gmail and in our great Outlook, the SendReceive is forever loading and not a single new mial comes in.

No changes of course have been made to the settings as I followed your post.

I use the default WIndows Antivirus, as well as defender and settings are as is.

Outlook For Mac Delayed In Receiving Emails...Slower Than Iphone