Why is Mail not automatically downloading emails?

I have set prefs to download mail every minute or every 5 minutes and neither is happening unless I am sitting at the computer. If it is assleep - I am out for the day - the mail that comes in on my iPhone never downbloads until I click "get mail" on the desktop - makes it hard to delete any messages when I am away from home because I never klnow if it has downloaded at home.Comcast uses POP accounts and says it is an Apple problem. Anybody else finding this issue?

i have it also
where is everybody?
Do I have to go to another site ?

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