Craig wrote:
> [SM 1.1.4, fresh install, win2ksp4 + rollup]
>
> All of my email accounts are pop3 and set up to check for mail each 10
> minutes. Without fail, one of the pop3 accounts alerts that email has
> arrived.
>
> This account's letter icon in the left-hand pane changes to show a green
> arrow, an audible sounds, a letter icon appears in the lower right-hand
> desktop screen. Clicking on the inbox or any of the other boxes
> eliminates the alerts. Scrolling through the inbox and other boxes of
> the account shows no emails have been added.
>
> How can I trace what's happening here?
>
> tia,
> -Craig

check your settings: Edit, Mail & Newsgroups Account
Settings, select the account, and under Server Settings,
make sure that "automatically download new messages" is
checked. Did that work?

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Peter Potamus the Purple Hippo wrote:
> Craig wrote:
>> [SM 1.1.4, fresh install, win2ksp4 + rollup]
>>
>> All of my email accounts are pop3 and set up to check for mail each 10
>> minutes. Without fail, one of the pop3 accounts alerts that email has
>> arrived.
>>
>> This account's letter icon in the left-hand pane changes to show a
>> green arrow, an audible sounds, a letter icon appears in the lower
>> right-hand desktop screen. Clicking on the inbox or any of the other
>> boxes eliminates the alerts. Scrolling through the inbox and other
>> boxes of the account shows no emails have been added.
>>
>> How can I trace what's happening here?
>>
>> tia,
>> -Craig
>
> check your settings: Edit, Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings, select
> the account, and under Server Settings, make sure that "automatically
> download new messages" is checked. Did that work?

Perfect Peter. Worked the charm.

thx,
-Craig

Craig wrote:
> [SM 1.1.4, fresh install, win2ksp4 + rollup]
>
> All of my email accounts are pop3 and set up to check for mail each 10
> minutes. Without fail, one of the pop3 accounts alerts that email has
> arrived.
>
> This account's letter icon in the left-hand pane changes to show a green
> arrow, an audible sounds, a letter icon appears in the lower right-hand
> desktop screen. Clicking on the inbox or any of the other boxes
> eliminates the alerts. Scrolling through the inbox and other boxes of
> the account shows no emails have been added.
>
I see that occasionally when my message filters act on a message and
move it elsewhere. Could that be your cause?

--
Bill Davidsen
"We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from
the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot

Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Craig wrote:
>> [SM 1.1.4, fresh install, win2ksp4 + rollup]
>>
>> All of my email accounts are pop3 and set up to check for mail each 10
>> minutes. Without fail, one of the pop3 accounts alerts that email has
>> arrived.
>>
>> This account's letter icon in the left-hand pane changes to show a
>> green arrow, an audible sounds, a letter icon appears in the lower
>> right-hand desktop screen. Clicking on the inbox or any of the other
>> boxes eliminates the alerts. Scrolling through the inbox and other
>> boxes of the account shows no emails have been added.
>>
> I see that occasionally when my message filters act on a message and
> move it elsewhere. Could that be your cause?
>

Peter identified the issue: I'd left the option "automatically download
new messages" unchecked for that particular account. After I changed
that, everything worked as expected.

thx,
-Craig