Anyone experiencing problem of Mail for Mountain Lion automatically checking for email when it's set to check only manually?

pugmum wrote:

A real pain... I have to remember to quit Mail every time I leave my computer, otherwise I won't get my emails on my iPhone, or if I do, they'll quickly disappear once my computer downloads them via mail.

This is not really an answer to your question, but you can avoid this problem if you use an IMAP account rather than a POP account.

With an IMAP account, messages are left on the server until deleted so that they're available on all your devices.

Matt

pugmum wrote:

I hate IMAP though because then I have to go through the task of reviewing my emails and figuring out which ones to delete on my iPhone and then once again, go through the same process on my computer for those very same emails.

Not true at all.

Deleting a message on one device deletes from all your devices.

IMAP is by far and away the best solution for managing mail on multiple devices.

Matt

Message was edited by: Matthew Morgan

Here's an overview:

http://mail2web.com/blog/2010/02/pop-imap-difference/

Your me.com address is an example of an IMAP account.

Matt