Email links won't load

Question

email (OE) links won't load
often firefox won't start and I have to go to processes in task manager and close firefox
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== 1-2 wks--don't know of any new thing; several AV programs all okay

Answer 1

Ummm, because it only seems logical that one would
want to check for new mail upon opening the app ????
Sure, there may be times when you only want to 'view'
previous emails, but why not at the same time check
for new ones ??
You can't assume that's "logical" for everyone. I don't think this is just a personal preference issue. I believe by not giving users the option to automatically check email OR NOT when the app is opened is a big mistake.
There ARE good and valid reasons why one would want to open the mail app on their iPhone without having it automatically check mail (and I have 4 POP accounts set up in my iPhone), whether that personally doesn't matter to you or not, or whether to you it seems "logical" or not.
I understand that some people may just not care, but for myself and other iPhone owners I've talked to personally (and none of us have our desktop mail apps set to automatically download email when the app is opened, so why should the iPhone be any different?), the lack of having that as an option is a glaring (and frustrating) ommission on Apple's part, and again, I'll be very surprised if it isn't eventually added.
On a related subject, I also believe there should be a "check all accounts now" button on the main mail account page. When I'm on my mail accounts view in iPhone, it would be great to have that button instead of having to go to each account separately or back to the home screen to hit the mail app button again to check all accounts at once. Again, this is how I can set up my desktop mail app (Eudora), and I believe Apple will eventually add this option as well.
  Mac OS X (10.4.10)