In Tools Options General is a setting to be activated or not activated (checked and not checked) regarding checking for new messages every so many minutes. If you have that, perhaps you can change that setting and get results. I am not familiar with Thunderbird. I thought that was a car. :-0 Deb Pf ----- Original Message ----- From: "George" <georgetcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:22 PM Subject: [pchelpers] Thunderbird The Thunderbird program gets my mail periodically even though I didn't tell it to. I only want my mail to come in when I send for it. How can I make it stop? This is a simple matter in Outlook Express. I cannot find a setting that does what I need. -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. -------list-services-below----------- Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Latest news live feeds at http://modecideas.com/indexhomenews.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.