Receiving Mail late on Apple Mail

Hey Guys,
I've recently changed from using Outlook.com on Chrome to 'Apple Mail' and whenever i receive a message it's always very late. Sometimes 20 minutes sometimes 1 hour. My account is POP3 and is hotmail.co.uk. If someone could help i'd be very grateful!

In Mail, click Preferences (under Mail in the menu bar). Choose the General tab, and then check out "Check for New Messages". It sounds like you would like to check more frequently than you currently do.
Also, you will see an envelope in the upper left corner of the Mail display. You can click that envelope when you like, which will perform a "check for new mail right now."

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iOS 5: Updating your device to iOS 5 or Later
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4972
How to install iOS 6
http://www.macworld.com/article/2010061/hands-on-with-ios-6-installation.html
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 Cheers, Tom

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