Moblieme on Mail.app questions

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Moblieme on Mail.app questions

I have a Mobileme account and another POP email account. Both are set up in Mail.app. A few questions:

Does Mobileme check for new mail automatically? If so, can it be set to only check when I click the Send Mail toolbar button?

Can I set a default smtp server when opening a New Message window?

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Ken

Intel iMac, MB Air, iPod Touch, Mac OS X (10.6.4)

Posted on Oct 12, 2010 1:54 PM

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thomas_r.

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Oct 12, 2010 2:08 PM in response to Ken Stone

Does Mobileme check for new mail automatically? If so, can it be set to only check when I click the Send Mail toolbar button?

MobileMe uses "push" technology to send messages to your Mac when they arrive. If you don't want this to happen, uncheck the "Use IDLE command if the server supports it" checkbox in Mail -> Preferences -> Accounts -> your MobileMe account -> Advanced tab. Also, in the General pane of Mail's preferences, make sure the "Check for new messages" pop-up is set to Manually. Then, you just click Get Mail (there's no "Send Mail" toolbar button) to download any new messages.

Can I set a default smtp server when opening a New Message window?

See Mail -> Preferences -> Composing. Look at the "Send new messages from" option.

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Ken Stone Author

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Oct 12, 2010 2:15 PM in response to thomas_r.

Just what I needed to know. Thanks so much.
Ken

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