Sendin email from Outlook 07

I have Office 07 and have a gmail account in the Outlook program.  My gmail
is my default email. Is it possible to make my email send immediately?  As it
is currently when I click on send it goes to the outbox and I have to click
on send/receive to make it go. I know I can use the send-receive settings to
tell when to automatically check my mail and send any that was not sent.

Options>Mail Setup........tick 'send immediately........

Options>Mail Setup........tick 'send immediately........'
F9 also initiates a send/receive

I have already checked that setting and it has been selected but still does

I have already checked that setting and it has been selected but still does not
send automatically.