Hornblower409
Senior Member
- Outlook version
- Outlook 2010 32 bit
- Email Account
- IMAP
Operating system:: Windows 10
Outlook version: Classic Outlook 2010
Email type or host: IMAP, POP
Outlook version: Classic Outlook 2010
Email type or host: IMAP, POP
Starting in mid August 2025 a number of Outlook 2010 users starting reporting that they are stuck in an Outlook update that never completes.
Exact same problem occurred in 2014
Outlook 2010 cannot send/receive mail AND states mailbox is being optimized due to upgrade AND outlook hotmail connector needs updating.
In 2014 a Repair and Reboot fixed it. In 2025 it works once after a Repair and Reboot but then goes back to trying to update.
Users report that they do not have any outlook.com or hotmail.com email accounts.
Nothing that I and multiple Microsoft Support agents have thrown at the problem fixes it.
Some of the 2025 post:
Office 2010 Send and receive not implemented - Microsoft Q&A
Outlook Connector "Updating" - Microsoft Q&A
My office 2010 says i need to update my outlook connector but it wont update - Microsoft Q&A
unable to upgrade outlook with new Outlook Connector it tells me that I have to upgrade. - Microsoft Q&A
Exact same problem occurred in 2014
Outlook 2010 cannot send/receive mail AND states mailbox is being optimized due to upgrade AND outlook hotmail connector needs updating.
In 2014 a Repair and Reboot fixed it. In 2025 it works once after a Repair and Reboot but then goes back to trying to update.
Users report that they do not have any outlook.com or hotmail.com email accounts.
Nothing that I and multiple Microsoft Support agents have thrown at the problem fixes it.
Some of the 2025 post:
Office 2010 Send and receive not implemented - Microsoft Q&A
Outlook Connector "Updating" - Microsoft Q&A
My office 2010 says i need to update my outlook connector but it wont update - Microsoft Q&A
unable to upgrade outlook with new Outlook Connector it tells me that I have to upgrade. - Microsoft Q&A