Make Mail check for Mail every minute?

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Make Mail check for Mail every minute?

I recently got an iPhone 3G to replace my original iPhone, on my original I had the setting for mail to check for mail every minute, now mine is set on manual, but I can't find the setting to change it. Someone please help me, thank you.

13" 2.1GHz MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 1, 2008 1:37 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 1, 2008 1:56 PM in response to xlabrachex

Settings > Fetch New Data, set to 15 minutes. That's the shortest possible interval. If you use MobileMe, Yahoo, or an MS Exchange account, you can set Push to ON and mail will be delivered as soon as it hits the server - Push only works with those specific accounts.

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Answer 2

roaminggnome

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Nov 1, 2008 8:15 PM in response to xlabrachex

Push. That is what push is. It means that changes are sent as they happen.

"Email accounts that use the push method for message retrieval enable you to have email messages delivered directly to you as soon as the message is received by your email provider instead of checking periodically or manually for new messages. On iPhone or iPod touch, push email is supported for the following email account types:

MobileMe
Microsoft Exchange
Yahoo!
Other email accounts such as POP, IMAP, AOL or Gmail accounts do not support push message retrieval on iPhone or iPod touch but can instead be setup to fetch mail at specified intervals or manually when the Mail application is opened."

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2625

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