Immediate notification of an Email

[rumerhall]

I just bought the Aquamail pro  and have set up 4 email accounts from Hotmail, gmail and t-online. I need to know how to get an immediate notification when an Email arrives, without having to manually refresh each account.

[Thomas]

If you use IMAP Push accounts like Gmail you will get immediate notifications. You have to enable this feature in general settings and in the account settings -> folders.
For POP3 accounts like Hotmail you can set a minimum check interval of 15 minutes. Hotmail does not allow checking below 15 minutes.

[rumerhall]

Thats a shame as my main Email address is with hotmail, my old hotmail app did notify instantly, but unfortunately stopped working when it was updated to Outlook, thats why I changed to Aquamail.

[horacam]

I hate to say that I had to go back to K9 Email because Aqua Mail was not updating my Comcast email right! Bummer I even paid for it!

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Comcast is also POP3, also stuck in 1996, just like Hotmail, and Earthlink (to name a few).

This means no access to folders and no syncing of read/unread state.

[carnuke]

Well, it's now been all working properly for a few days. I'm very pleased with that and thank-you all for your help and advice. Much appreciated.

[Thomas]

You are welcome.

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Great, thanks.

And btw, Comcast has IMAP now (in beta, I believe).

What made them finally do this? Looks like Windows 8's lack of POP3 support, based on what I've read.

Just in case someone else needs this, here is a link to sign up for IMAP access on Comcast:

https://xcbetasignup.comcast.net/imap_trial/web/