Manually check for mail for real!

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john41958 Author

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Manually check for mail for real!

I want to set the preferences in my Mail program so it will only go and check for new mail when I tell it to do so; not on launch, not any other time unless I choose for it to do so. I have gone through the preferences windows many times and addressed any seemingly relevant settings there but the program still goes to check for mail on launch no matter what. I am attaching a screen shot of my current settings in preferences and that clearly says "Manually" under when to check for mail. What am I missing?

MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM

Posted on Feb 5, 2016 5:04 AM

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Answer 1

CT

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Feb 5, 2016 5:41 AM in response to john41958

As far as I know, Apple Mail always checks for new mail when you launch it and there is no preference intended to stop that. If you deactivate the account in Preferences, Accounts (the little checkbox that says "Enable this account") that would prevent it.

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john41958 Author

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Feb 5, 2016 10:42 PM in response to CT

Tried that too....all my accounts in preferences are set like this with "include when automatically checking for new messages" unchecked.

Still checks. Also checks whenever I leave Mail to work in a second program and then click back on the viewer window. Given all these instances in which Mail does go check for new messages despite all these setting changes, I have to wonder exactly what "Check for New Messages:Manually" even means?

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