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

[dloreski]

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?

 

[southerndoc]

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.

 

[dloreski]

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.

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

 

[robgendreau]

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.

 

[takeshi74]

Why is this?

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.

 

[wethackrey]

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?

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.

 

[BGBUXA]

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