Mail Perpetually Checking for Mail and No sound when a New email is received.

I have two accounts, iCloud and an IMAP. Both accounts are configured correctly. When I launch mail, it will retrieve new messages but continue to search for mail (as in the status bar at the bottom says checking for mail). I noticed that allowing Mail to remian open drains my battery quite quickly. In addition to this, Mail no longer plays sounds for either sending or receiveing but all other sounds work. Again, I checked the settings for this and indeed sound is on. What is most strange is that this just began happening today. I have not changed any settings and actually reset all settings to default (no change). Anyone else experience something similar?

I get similar odd behaviour. Only since IOS5. Like you it will seem to continue checking for mail even after downloading although I do eventually get a sound albeit long after the emails downloaded. What's strange is Wifi email checking is more sluggish/unpredictable than if I am on cellular. It's not that my wifi is slower, Safari / store browsing is lightening quick under wifi but the email app behaves strangely! Sorry I haven't got a solution for you - just wanted to let you know that you are not alone with this type of issue.

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