Apple Mail question about checking mail at different times

[MikeonTV]

I have two old hotmail accounts that don't really get much mail these days. I don't want to completely abandon these email addresses so I have them use POP3 in my Apple Mail client (along with my other emails addys).

Since hotmail is hardly stable with pop3 I get a lot of connection failed messages. I think it's because Apple Mail is hitting Hotmails servers every 5 mins to check for new mail - I don't need that.

Is there a way to have certain email accouns be checked at different times than other accounts - like only once a day for my hotmail and once an hour for my gmail?

 

[FourCandles]

Not AFAIK, but could you get your Gmail account to poll your Hotmail one?

 

[Halcyon]

The best you can do is to manually check for new mail in these accounts.

Go to Preferences > Accounts > Advance > uncheck the following option: "Include when automatically checking for new email".

HTH

 

[MikeonTV]

The best you can do is to manually check for new mail in these accounts.

Go to Preferences > Accounts > Advance > uncheck the following option: "Include when automatically checking for new email".

HTH

Thanks. I think that worked. I don't want to bring my hotmail into my gmail because it literally is just spam and one email a year from my grandmother.