Possible to have mail start hidden at boot?

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  1. mjgunn, Sep 8, 2006

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    I would like mail to start at boot and start checking my mail for me, but not have the mailbox window pop up. Is it possible to do this? I picked "hide" in the accounts prefs, but it still loads anyway.
     
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  2. MoparShaha, Sep 8, 2006

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    Yeah, this is a bug with Tiger. I have submitted a feedback report to Apple at every Tiger update since 10.4, but they apparently don't care.

    This frustrates me to no end.
     
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  3. pianoman, Sep 8, 2006

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    this frustrates me to such an end that it is one of the main reasons i don't use mail anymore. AFAIK, there is no fix.
     
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  4. Allotriophagy, Sep 8, 2006

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    Possibly make a little Applescriptlet for your start-up items? I got the following from here.

    Code:
    --Hide App 
tell app "System Events" 
tell app "Mail" to activate 
tell process "Mail" to keystroke "h" using command down 
end tell 
end tell
    Something along those lines might work?
     
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  5. mjgunn, Sep 12, 2006

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    Forgot to post, I used the script, its working nicely, thanks for the help
     
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