Open Mail at login, but hidden!... how?

[kellah]

I've been trying to figure this out for a while now and haven't been able to get it working. I want Mail to open when I log in, but I do not want the window to display. I simply want the application running so it will automatically check for new mail in the background.

I thought this would be accomplished by going to System Preferences > Accounts > Login Items, and then adding Mail and checking the "Hide" box. This does not do the trick. Am I missing something?

Thanks

 

[TBi]

I'd like to know how to do this too.

I'll try it myself at home when i get a chance.

 

[AdeFowler]

I don't think it's ever worked in Tiger, despite many requests. Maybe it's do-able in Leopard.

 

[D.G.]

As a workaround, instead of launching mail.app on login, you should be able to launch an applescript which does what you want. Something like:

run application "Mail"
tell application "Mail"
	close front window
end tell

I'll step back and let real applescripters improve upon this very rudimentary version.

DG

 

[jdavtz]

Here you go, for free:

HiddenMail 1.0.1

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/19148