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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software
- Subject: Re: Weird pickup delays in Mail 3.0
- Message-ID: <1992Nov14.083544.19098@qb.rhein-main.de>
- From: vhs@rhein-main.de (Volker Herminghaus-Shirai)
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 08:35:44 GMT
- Reply-To: vhs@rhein-main.de
- Sender: vhs@qb.rhein-main.de (Volker Herminghaus-Shirai)
- References: <1992Nov12.025215.11305@muddcs.claremont.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov12.025215.11305@muddcs.claremont.edu>
- wfp@jupiter.claremont.edu (Frank Price) writes:
- > I have noticed with all version of Mail I believe that if the application is
- > hidden, sometimes it will go for hours and hours before letting me know that
- > mail has arrived. Is there any way I can make it more important for it to
- let
- > me know mail has arrived? For instance, I have had my computer on for days.
- > But Mail just now notified me that I have 9 pieces of mail that have come in
- > over the last three days because I had activated it just then. It is like
- the
- > app gets swapped out and doesn't get a chance to run. Is there a workaround?
-
- Make sure you haven't checked "Hide on autolaunch". If this property is
- checked, Mail will not notify you. I think it is documented somewhere...
-
- --
- Volker Herminghaus-Shirai (vhs@rhein-main.de)
-
- Computer industry: Industry in which the number of units sold of any
- given product is inversely proportional to its technical excellence.
- See also: MS-DOS, Windows, IBM-PC, X, QWERTY,
- 80x86, TrueType, Survival of the shittest.
-