Mail Opening Automatically At Startup

My wife's MacBook Pro is having this same problem with Mail that was raised by users back in 2009.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1891438?threadID=1891438&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/message/8767490#8767490
Doc icon option to "Open at login" is not checked.
I've deleted Mail from the startup items list -- and it reappears there after restart! No solutions posted. Any ideas?

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I'm having an interesting issue with my Mac setup, that I see has happened to others as well:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8750623&#8750623
Here's my problem: the Mail application opens automatically on every system startup on my MacBook (first gen, 10.5.6) but does not do so on my Mac Mini (also on 10.5.6, 1.83 Intel Core Duo)
I have tried everything to find out what's happening. Here's what I've tried:
1. "Login at Startup" is not checked in the dock icon
2. It isn't in /Library/StartupItems
3. It is not added in the Login screen in System Preferences
4. I've repaired permissions
5. I've emptied all caches/etc
6. I even checked startup items in Lingon, couldn't find anything
7. I even tried a full erase and install on the MacBook
None of these worked. Even after the erase and install, my MacBook still loads Mail upon startup, when my Mini does not.
I've read in a few threads that if you have iCal set up to send email reminders, that could be contributing to this problem. That's annoying but at least it makes sense. What doesn't make sense is that it happens on only my laptop. Apparently, the other person who posted this problem is having the same issue (see link above.)
To elaborate further, I have two accounts in iCal - one for personal, and one for Google Calendar, which is synced over CalDAV.
Strangely enought, I have some email reminders that are sent from one email address, and some from another. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason as far as to which email account is used to send the reminders.
Can anyone help with these two issues? I'll be willing to provide any further information if asked.

I have the same problem on my Macbook. I really hate Mail (I used it IMAP with Gmail and didn't like the way it handled at all) and was so frustrated with the pop-ups at login that I deleted Mail and all its related files -- and then program finder started popping up at login asking where mail had gone! I just deleted my calendars from iCal and am hoping that will make it stop. Don't know why it's so annoying, but it certainly is.

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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1891438&tstart=0
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Ewan Murray wrote:
I have an annoying issue with Mail on my Macbook. Whenever I start my mac it automatically starts - how do I stop this - I don't even use mail - i don't like it - i prefer Thunderbird.
I have checked all my user account settings, mail preferences, the dock, mac/mobile me settings.
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I have checked all my user account settings, mail preferences, the dock, mac/mobile me settings. My system is up to date with the latest OS and application updates of leopard.

Ewan Murray wrote:
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I have checked all my user account settings, mail preferences, the dock, mac/mobile me settings.
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