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21 Nov 2009
How do I switch off automatic checking in my email program?
Solution
The following are instructions for the more common email programs:
Netscape
Select
Edit
>
Preferences
from the Netscape main menu.
Open the
Mail & Newsgroups
section and go to
Mail Servers
.
Select the desired email account from the
Incoming Mail Servers
list and click
Edit button
.
Deselect the option labeled
Check for mail every ( ) minutes
.
Outlook Express / IncrediMail
Select
Tools
>
Options
from the main menu.
Deselect the options labeled
Send and receive messages at startup
and
Check for new messages every ( ) minute(s)
.
Outlook
Select
Tools
>
Options
from the main menu.
Select the
Mail Setup
tab and click
Send/Receive
.
Deselect
Schedule an automatic send and receive every ( ) minutes
checkbox.
Eudora
Select
Tools
>
Options
from the main menu.
Select
Checking Mail
from the icon list on the left.
Enter
0
in the input box labeled
Check for mail every ( ) minute(s)
.
Pegasus
Select
Tools
>
Options
from the main menu.
Select the
Network
tab, then click
Advanced network configuration options.
Enter
0
in the input box labeled
Check for new POP3 mail every ( ) seconds
.
ThunderBird
Select
Tools
>
Account Settings
from the main menu.
Click the
Server Settings
section.
Deselect the option labeled
Check for new messages every () minutes
.
Article Details
Article ID:
16
Created On:
13 Apr 2005 07:43 AM
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