Mail constantly checks for new messages

Mail.app keeps looking for new messages even if I set it on manually or disable the update on the advanced settings of my accounts.
This results in a constant call on the servers and my IP being eventually blacklisted by my website hosting company…
Do you know where could the problem come and how to solve it?

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Mail not checking for new messages in IMAP subfolders

Hello everyone,
I am disappointed to see that Mail version 3.0 (912.1/912) displays the same wrong behavior as pre-Leopard versions in the way that it fails to check for new messages in subfolders on an IMAP account (it only checks the INBOX).
One has to manually open each and every subfolder and wait a few seconds to force a resync and display any new message placed there by server-side rules processing.
So far I had been using the excellent IMAPCheck (http://macapps.perniciouspenguins.com/imapcheck/) but this is no longer supported by 10.5.
Does anybody have a workaround for this? Or the power to bug Apple engineering enough to get this solved once and for all ;o)
Thanks much,
teedeepee

This problem is not solved for all cases.
This solution only applies to server-side filtering/redirecting of messages into imap folders.
I'm having trouble with client-side mail.app rules moving new messages into imap folders and not having the new message counts displayed.
This wasn't a problem in the previous version of mail.app.
Here's to hoping that Apple posts a patch to fix this problem soon...

Gmail account constantly checks for new messages/spike spinning ball

We have a new macbook pro. I opened my gmail account on the computer, checking Apple's website to make sure I have all the setup items correct. It's good. Updated software so we're using OS 10.6.1.
When the Mail app is open and you check mail, the spiky-shaped ball beside the Gmail account is constantly spinning, although no new mail messages need to come in. Everything seems to work fine, but it won't stop checking/spinning for new messages. What could cause this?

Does the Internet light on your modem/router pulsate the whole time this is happening? If not, then it's probably not checking for mail; instead, whatever processes it was running may have hung up and not terminated properly, such as waiting to login or terminate the connection to the Google server.
You can set the interval at which mail checks accounts for Mail, so if you have it set abnormally short (say, every minute), try changing it to every 5 or 15 minutes.

Mail constantly checks for new mail; downloads same emails repeatedly HELP!

For the last three days (since 19th), Mail has been downloading the same emails over and over again. I first noticed a problem when about 20 spam emails that usually route to my Junk folder appeared in my Inbox. I thought I had just moved it incorrectly and deleted them, then they appeared again later.
The mail jogger cycle (next to Inbox) keeps turning and turning like it can't stop checking for new mail. How do I get it to stop?? The emails are multiplying like gremlins in my Inbox and driving me nuts!
Also, it only downloads new emails when I first open the app. I have to force-quit out of Mail, then reopen, and I will get a couple of new emails, and then ALL THE EMAILS FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS AGAIN.
Mail was working fine for me until three days ago. The only thing I've changed recently is a Software Update on the 15th for QuickTime and iTunes.
Please help! I tried to Repair Permissions and it didn't do anything. I also tried removing all messages from the server and that did nothing either.
Mail Version 2.1
THANK YOU ANYONE WHO CAN HELP ME!!
iMac G5 Mac OS X (10.4.7) 2.1 GHz, 512 MB Memory

UPDATE: I think I got it to stop checking mail. I have Yahoo mail and I checked my email through online Yahoo. I was able to delete a bunch of emails and it suddenly stopped checking for email in the Mail app.
HOWEVER, it will NOT remove some of my junk emails. I was able to delete over 100+ of them. But one specific message (which I now have 8 copies of) will not go away. It is one of those 'Delivery Status Notification' emails. Is this a virus??
I've tried Erasing Deleted Messages and Erasing Junk Mail. Neither helps. These emails won't go away.
Help please! I would be very grateful.

Mail keeps checking for new messages even though there are no new message

I have a pop account that will not stop checking for new mail. The little circle that acts as the notification that Mail is receiving or sending mail will not go away.
The folder also has messages that will not go away even after they have been deleted.
I have logged into my mail server and deleted all mail stored on the server.
I have trying using the rebuild option.
I am not sure how to fix this?
thanks for your help.

Hello, and welcome to the Discussions.
What is your current version of OSX and of Mail?
Was the Rebuild command available, and did you use it on this one Inbox?
More info, please.
Ernie

Mail not checking for new messages

Regardless of the time interval used (1 min, or 5 mins, or more), automatic check does not
function. Experimented with this and only retrieves mail when "Get Mail" is clicked.

New email messages not received until Mail is quit and reopened

How do I get Apple Mail to NOT automatically check for new messages?

Under General, I have it set to Manually, under each Gmail account (2) I have UNchecked the "include when automatically checking for new messages" under "Advanced", but it still checks automatically. Are there other settings that effect this behavior? I want it to ONLY check manually.

It seems to be impossible to stop the automatic push - I found another email client that permits me to access gmail via pop3, and that permits several things that Apple Mail is deficient in (as far as I'm concerned) - permits delete of email on Gmail without having it deleted on my laptop, and does not permit autpmatic push. I need access sto ALL my email under MY organization structure on my laptop, even when I do not have internet access, and Apple mail does not permit me to manage things my way (neither does gmail).

Mac Mail: Check for new messages doesn't work

Hi,
In Mac Mail the setting at "Preferences -> Check For New Messages" I have set for manual and yet Mail still fetches emails when I haven't asked it too. I previously had this setting set to check for messages every hour but it ignored that setting too so I set it to manual but this setting is ignored. Ideally I'd like to check mail every four hours but there isn't a setting for that.
I'm running Lion and have IMAP email accounts.
Any idea how I can get Mac Mail not to ignore my Check For New Messages setting?
Thanks!

Thanks for the link. Well I never would have found that out without some help. I saw the IDLE in the IMAP settings I didn't know it was a kind of PUSH / FETCH thing. Anyway I've got it on manual now and only seems to get emails when I send one or press the button. I've only changed it a little while ago so I hope this is actually fixed.
Thanks again it was driving me nuts!

Why does Mail 'check for new messages' despite it being set to 'manual'?

I want to only receive new email either once per hour or better still manually (once or twice during the day at a time chosen by me). That way I won't be bombarded with emails all day and can get on with my work.
So, I set the 'check for new messages' to 'manually'.
Nevertheless I get email coming in frequently. Possibly every time I send an email, it also checks for new incoming mail (I'm not sure but that's my hunch).
How can I stop Mail from pulling in my new incoming email?
Any answers to this? If I can't figure this out or it's not possible in Apple Mail, it might be time to switch (but I don't want to!)
Thanks in advance
Dan

Thanks Linc, works great.
There should be a hint for this in Mail's preferences, underneath the 'check for messages' option

Cannot get new messages to download automatically and auto reply with out of office message have to manually check for new messages to get it to do this

I am using Mozilla Thunderbird 31.3.0. I know how to create a message filter to set up an auto reply message, but cannot get Mozilla to automatically download new message and auto reply with the message in the filter unless I manually check for new messages, that is the only way to make it work. I have looked online and can't seem to find an answer to this particular issue. According to anything that I have found, I have the correct boxes checked in server settings: check for new messages at startup, automatically check for new messages, check for new messages every x amount of minutes. It's one thing to have to leave my computer on and Thunderbird open to make this work, but to have to manually check for new messages to get the auto response to work defeats the whole purpose of having an auto reply, as I use them for vacations, holidays, etc. I have wondered if there are any security settings that are causing this issue, but if so, I don't know what changes to make to them. Thanks in advance for any help. This is driving me crazy.

I do find it a bit odd that Thunderbird is not getting mail on schedule, perhaps you have an add-on or anti virus program that prevents that.
Holding shift while you start Thunderbird will start with add-ons disabled to check if mail come automatically.
Airmail is right though, use Verizons auto responder. This link might help with that http://www.verizon.com/support/residential/internet/highspeed/account+tools/email+tools/questionsone/85621.htm#
You say that not having such a setting in Thunderbird is something that needs fixing. This idea comes on the whole because Outlook has such an option. what most people are not aware of it only works with Exchange server. There is no "vacation response" in server mail specifications so every server implements it differently.
Just as all cars have a radiator, you can not take any radiator and just put it in, they are subtly different even though they perform the same purpose. Same goes for the various vacation responders, They perform the same purpose but they differ between email server software brands.
Thunderbird leaves it to the server end to expose the functionality, as they are really the only ones who understand what they did. Outlook exposes the option and mostly greys it out.

Mail stops checking for new mail until closed and re-opened

This problem began a month or so ago and is only getting worse by the day. I have my Mail app set to check for new mail every minute, but recently it randomly stops checking at all and displays the triangle icon next to each Inbox. I have 10 different email accounts that I use Mail to check and they are a variety of different types from Exchange servers, to IMAP accounts, to POP accounts, iCloud, Outlook.com, Gmail, etc. Part of the time only 2 or 3 inboxes are affected, while other times (more recently) it’s ALL accounts. Clicking on Get Mail doesn’t help; no new mail is downloaded. The only way to get Mail to “wake up” is to close the app and then re-open it. When I do that, there is a flood of new mail that pours in to each account that had been offline. There are never any error messages telling me that anything has happened. I just know that Mail is stuck because of the triangle icon.
Also, there are times when my busiest account mysteriously has no new messages over a few hours, which is very unusual. Closing and re-opening mail will resume downloading mail again to that account. At least for awhile...
I thought I’d solved the problem by thinking that my router was only working intermittently, so I replaced it with a new Time Capsule. The problem did not go away.
I’ve talked to Apple Support and they’ve not been any help. I’d welcome any suggestions.

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Mail not checking for new mail

I have been noticing this for a while now but it is becoming extraordinarily frustrating to deal with: Mail.app does not report new emails have arrived unless I restart it, no error or warnings are displayed or indicated. I know there is new mail available only because I check on my iPhone and see that I have multiple new messages which arrived long before the 5 min check for new mail time I have set. Is there anything to "fix" this or do I have to find another mail app?
Just a bit of info, I do have 6 different IMAP accounts all loaded through mail. The "Get Mail" button doesn't do anything.

Same situation here... Thunderbird works ok... but I have to wait a lot or restart mail if I want to get the messages... Manually clicking "Get All New mail" doesn't work.
Any idea how to debug this problem? Any log file or tip? I am wondering if my problem is related to my IMAP server or it's just Mail

OSX Mail not checking for new mail on wake from Sleep.

Since upgrading to 10.6.4, my iMac no longer checks for new mail when waking from sleep. I have to manually Get Mail, and then it keeps up to date as normal. RSS feeds get updated fine. I am using MobileMe mail.
Any ideas? I have restarted Mail and rebooted the computer. Nothing obvious in the logs.

I think you will find this is a product of the use of the IDLE command. When the computer is asleep, but you have not quit Mail and logged off, the MobileMe server try to contact the Mail app to "push" emails. Not finding any response from Mail, the account is logged off. Quitting Mail and relaunching should restore -- does it?
You can test this by deselecting to use IDLE in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Advanced.
Most people, who leave Mail running, would only allow the display to sleep and not the computer.
Ernie

Mail not checking for new mail after sleep

Mail will not check for new mail when waking from sleep unless I log off and back on first. I tried quitting Mail, which works once in a while. I tried putting all Accounts back online, which works occasionally. But most often nothing works except logging off. Must I change to another mail program, or is there a better solution.

After trying various solutions, I found that the fault was not with Apple Mail or my iMac but with Airport taking time to warm up after sleep. I switched to an Ethernet connection instead and it works fine now

Thunderbird 31.4 skips checking first pop account on launch with that account set to check for new messages at startup.

T-Bird Portable 31.4, originally used on WinXP and now on Win7. There are 4 email accounts it's set to check on startup, but it does not check the first one. I have uncheckmarked and recheckmarked the check-on-startup box in the account settings.
After the recheck interval I specified it does finally get mail for that account, or if I do a manual check, but if neither of those things happens then no matter how many times I launch T-Bird it never gets mail for that account. The account is set up identical to another account through the same ISP /mail server which does get checked. There are no error messages and I have no trouble using that account otherwise.
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Hi Dave. I don't follow your solution.
1. I know of only one location that affects *checking* for mail, and that is on the *main* "Server Settings" panel, in the "Server Settings" section. That section has an advanced button, but there is nothing under that button about checking new mail.
2. There is no such thing as Server Settings | Message Storage | Advanced, with checkmark box for "Include this server when getting new mail". However, under Sync and Stoarge there is a checkmark box that reads "Keep messages on this computer..."
So I am curious, and left wondering, what did you really change?
Can you attach a screen shot?
See https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem

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