The fix has landed just this afternoon
(http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60668)..!! I will make a
separate posting with more details.. It shall work with tomorrow's
build without having you to click on GetMsg button.
bhuvan
Steve Carroll wrote:
> Asa Dotzler wrote:
>
>> Steve Carroll wrote:
>>
>>> I just installed the 1/20/01 nightly. I thought versions .7 and
>>> newer were suppose to automatically check mail when you started
>>> Mozillla. I still have to do it manually. Is there something I
>>> have to check somewhere to activate this feature? Modify something
>>> in mailnews.js?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve
>>
>>
>>
>> go to Edit|MailNews|Account Settings. select the Server pane and
>> check the checkbox for "check for new messages every __ minutes",
>> fill in a value like 5 minutes and hit OK.
>>
>> --Asa
>>
> I have this already set (12 minutes, though) and that part works
> fine. It's just that it doesn't automatically check for mail when I
> first start the program. I have to manually get messages the first
> time, then it works fine. I know this was a know bug in earlier
> versions, but I though i had read it had been fixed.
>
