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<desc>Check automatically and regularly for new received mail.</desc>
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<name its:translate="no">Andre Klapper</name>
<email its:translate="no">ak-47@gmx.net</email>
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<title>Automatically check for new mail</title>
<p>If you want <app>Evolution</app> to check automatically for new messages, enable the option <gui>Check for new messages every … minutes</gui> in the <gui>Receiving Options</gui> page of the mail account settings (accessible via <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui><gui>Preferences</gui><gui>Mail Accounts</gui><gui style="button">Edit</gui><gui>Receiving Options</gui></guiseq>) and select the frequency in minutes.</p>
<note style="advanced"><p><app>Evolution</app> supports <link href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMAP_IDLE">IMAP IDLE</link> on the currently selected folder and partially supports the <link href="https://tools.ietf.org/search/rfc5465">IMAP NOTIFY</link> extension.</p></note>
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