Molly Stanberry tells you how to change your mail checking preferences in Apple Mail to check at different intervals, or manually.

Click To Play

Get the MacMost Email Newsletter: (Tell Me More First)

Related: Deleting RSS Feeds From Mail, Mail Notification Sound?, Safari Mail Button Not Working, Push mail Gmail in lion’s apple mail, iTunes apps updating not working.

One Response to “Setting Your Mail Checking Preferences”

1. thien says:

   1/18/09 at 9:30 pm

   you have a new message

   Reply To This Comment

Connect With MacMost

Subscribe at iTunes to the MacMost video podcast

Check out the free MacMost weekly email newsletter

Become a fan of MacMost on Facebook

Get Updates, News and Tips on Twitter

Get the Free MacMost App for the iPhone and iPod Touch

MacMost Sections

MacMost Forum

Video Podcast

Videos By Category

Video Archive

MacAnswers Podcast

MacMost Blog

Cartoons

Top Apple-Related News

Apple Rumors

All Recent Apple News

Helping Classrooms

Popular Pages

Printable Keyboard Shortcut Page

Printable Gestures Guide

Online Password Security

Uninstalling Applications on Mac OS X

How to Get Free iPhone Ringtones

Extending iPhone Battery Life

Make Your Own iPhone Ringtones

Syncing Your iPod to More Than One Computer

iMovie Picture-In-Picture

QuickTime X Screen Recording

Shut Down Or Sleep

Do Macs Need Anti-Virus?

Special Guides

Video Guide to Lion (Mac App Store)

Guide to Lion

iPad Guide

Guide to Twitter

Guide for New iPhone Users

Quick Tips

Apple Store Discounts

Recommended Products

Mac and Apple Rumors

Virus and Malware Help

iOS Apps and Ringtones

MacMost iPhone App

Free iPhone Games

Free iPad Games

iPhone App Recommendations

Free iPhone Ringtones

Information

About MacMost

Contact MacMost

MacMost Site Map

MacMost Site Policies

More CleverMedia Sites

Free Online Games

Solitaire

Jigsaw Puzzles

Word Search

Mah Jongg Solitaire

iPhone Games

iPhone Game Apps

Archives

Video Archives MacMost Now 713: RSS Feeds With Google Reader MacMost Now 712: iPhone Personal Hotspot MacMost Now 711: iPhoto Independent Web Galleries MacMost Now 710: Creating Forms With Tab Stops MacMost Now 709: Google Drive MacMost Now 708: Recording Keynote Slideshows Timed To Music MacMost Now 707: iOS Notifications Settings MacMost Now 706: Setting Default Applications MacMost Now 705: Safari Security Settings MacMost Now 704: Grapher MacMost Now 703: Five Ways To Share Music In iTunes MacMost Now 702: iPad Video Screen Capture With AirServer MacMost Now 701: Signing Documents With Preview MacMost Now 700: List Of Things Every Mac User Should Do MacMost Now 699: Ten iPad Typing Tips MacMost Now 698: Better Audio With Final Cut Pro Multicam Editing MacMost Now 697: Wrapping Text Around Custom Shapes In Pages MacMost Now 696: Arranging Apps In iOS MacMost Now 695: Spring-Loaded Folders MacMost Now 694: Compressing Images With iPhoto and Preview Complete List of Videos Videos By Category Videos Podcast Episodes By Tag Accessibility (4)Accessories (1)Accounts (2)Apple TV (3)Audio (18)Automator (8)Backing Up (10)Connectivity (8)Cross-Platform (5)Disk Utility (1)Dock (1)Email (4)File Sharing (5)Final Cut (8)Finder (64)Games (9)GarageBand (13)Graphics (11)Hardware (8)iBooks (2)iBooks Author (1)iCal (10)iCloud (4)iMovie (41)Internet (2)iOS (7)iPad (48)iPhone (23)iPhone Accessories (5)iPhone Apps (24)iPhone OS (25)iPhone Ringtones (3)iPhoto (32)iPod (12)iTunes (26)iWork (42)Keyboard Shortcuts (9)Keynote (16)Lion (11)Mac Accessories (24)Mac Applications (2)Mac Apps (2)MacBook (11)Mac Hardware (2)Mac Software (74)Mail (25)Mission Control (1)MobileMe (9)Music (2)Networking (1)Numbers (13)Pages (17)Photo (1)Photography (21)Podcasting (9)Preview (5)Printing (1)Safari (31)Security (28)Sharing (12)Siri (5)Snow Leopard (9)Social Media (8)Support (2)System Preferences (23)Terminal (12)TextEdit (1)Text Editing (9)Twitter (4)Utilities (2)Video (28)Video Editing (3)Web (46)Web Hosting (5)Widgets (3) Blog Post Archives CleverMedia Producing a Short Film Should Greenpeace Be Targeting Apple? Does Apple Need An $800 MacBook? Do You Use Anti-Malware Software On Your Mac? Are Apple's Warranties Enough? Should Apple Create a Television? Is The Apple Buyback and Dividend Plan a Good Idea? What Else Will Apple Deliver In 2012? What Do You Think Of the New iPad? What Do You Think of Gatekeeper? Complete List of Blog Posts