On 5 Jun 2002 00:36:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Benedikt Kantus) wrote:
>David Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>> In the same way I would like for it to automatically download my mail
>> when I start it instead of popping up a message saying I have xxx new
>> messages. It actually has to log on to my mail box to see how many
>> messages there are. Why can't it download them at the same time as
>> Netscape used to do?
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Mozilla is actually able to automatically download new messages. In
>Mail&News, go to Edit -> Mail & Newsgroups Account Setting -> Server
>Settings. There you can check the checkbox "Automatically download any
>new messages". So far, this has worked fine with all versions of
>Mozilla I ever used.
>
I turn off the check every xx minutes. This greys out the
Automatically download selection. Why I have no idea. I'd file a bug
report but every time I go to Bugzilla lately it has not been
responding.