In a message on Tuesday 04-04-16 mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:

Good morning Mark,

 HG> I went into Tools and chose Account settings, but didn't find that
 HG> "Automatically Download New messages" anywhere.

ml> when you go into the account settings, there's like 7 or 8 different
ml> pages of settings... you access each one from the menu on the
ml> left... the setting you are looking for is in the server settings
ml> section of your account settings... it is a checkbox...

Yes I know, I did that yesterday.

From the settings menu at the right edge I chose (among others),
Account Settings - Server Settings and checked the boxes for

"[] Check for new messages at Startup" and
"[] Check for new messages every [] min"

They were both ticked, so I just set a new value for the minutes.

 HG> Down in the left corner there is an icon telling you about
 HG> connecting to my host, mail server and other things.

 HG> Clicking on that icon gives me a choice of downloading new messages
 HG> before going off-line, even if I have already clicked on "Get
 HG> messages".

ml> i'm guessing that's working for you?

Well, sort of. I've never seen it disconnecting from my host, and never
seen any new messages downloaded, because I did already click on
"Get messages" and got what was in store.

 HG> You see, with this Mobile Internet, I'm not constantly on-line.

ml> mobile internet?? i thought that was for cell phones and that one
ml> would have DSL or cable for their fixed facilities...

Oh no, here it works for cell phones as well as laptops and pads.

I get only one invoice for all those activities, and it's also very much
cheaper than a cable connection, and another invoice for my two copper
lines to the BBS and voice telephone.

My friends and relatives know that I only have my cellphone on when away
from home, so they reluctantly call my POTS phone, .


Have a nice day,

Holger

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