Managing email

This chapter describes how to customize your mailbox and how to handle messages you receive.

Changing How Often Your Account Checks for New Mail

You can set preferences for receive new messages including how often you receive email messages and whether you are notified when you receive new messages. Your account is updated with new messages based on the polling interval set up in the mail preferences Check New Mail drop-down menu. The default is every five minutes. If you are expecting an email message, you can click the refresh icon on the right side of the toolbar any time to receive new email immediately.

1. Go to the Preferences > Mail page.
2. In the Displaying Messages > Check New Mail drop-down menu select how often to check for new mail.
3. If you select Manually, you must click the reload icon to get new email.
4. Click Save.

Setting Desktop Alerts For New Email Messages

You can set up desktop alerts for new email notification. To receive alerts, your mailbox must be opened.

Go to the Preferences > Mail page. In the Receiving Messages > Message Arrival section, select how you want to be notified when new message arrive. Select any of these options.