Why does iphone get all mails quickly but Mac mail sometimes doesn't?

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  1. dloreski, Aug 2, 2012

    dloreski macrumors member

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    My iPhone receives all my emails quickly.
    My Mac mail ( Snow Leopard )usually does, but sometimes emails don't get there nearly as fast. Once in a while there's an hour or two delay even when I fetch manually.
    Why is this?
    Does Mountain Lion improve on this?
     
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  2. southerndoc, Aug 2, 2012

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    Check your settings in Mail. You probably have it set to check every hour (the general tab in preferences). I don't think emails are pushed to Macs as far as I know, but I may be wrong.
     
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  3. dloreski, Aug 2, 2012

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    I have both my accounts set for every minute.
    Sometimes even if I hit the "get mail" button it won't find them.
    Strange.
     
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  4. robgendreau, Aug 2, 2012

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    Try checking the "idle" option in your account settings; used to work at least for gmail. You might also have to fiddle with the settings for which accounts Mail automatically checks.
     
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  5. takeshi74, Aug 2, 2012

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    What type(s) of mail accounts? It's difficult to attempt to answer without details. Not all account types and protocols function the same way.
     
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  6. wethackrey, Aug 2, 2012

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    Tell us more about the mail account you're having a problem with. POP3 or IMAP? Public service (Gmail, Yahoo, etc) or private company server.
     
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  7. BGBUXA, Aug 2, 2012

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    I've noticed the same thing with my email also I use Hotmail and I get it almost immediately on my iPhone however running my Hotmail on my Mac I usually get the emails 5 to 10 minutes after my iPhone does
     
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