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In article <1992Nov15.231334.4176@leland.Stanford.EDU>  
spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (Stefano Pagiola) writes:
> Dave Britton writes
> >> Make sure you haven't checked "Hide on autolaunch". If
> >> this property is checked, Mail will not notify you. I
> >> think it is documented somewhere... 
> >> 
> > This bug is noted in the 3.0 release notes, *however*, I hide on
> > autolaunch and mail notification works fine most of the time.
> > Occasionally, I do not get notified *but* this also happened
> > with mail-2.1 so it is not a unique 3.0-release problem. It may
> > well be true that the bug does not happend if you do not hide on 
> > autolaunch.
> 
> In my experience, what happens is that with 'hide on autolaunch'  
> enabled, you don't get notified (unless you have mail waiting at log  
> in) until you open the mailbox at least once; after that you get  
> notified even if you've re-hidden your mailbox.  This is on 2.1, and  
> though I haven't systematically checked the pattern, it has held every  
> time that I've remembered to look for it; your mileage may vary.
> 
> Ciao, Stefano
> ---
> Stefano Pagiola
> Food Research Institute, Stanford University
> spagiola@frinext.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)
> spagiola@FRI-nxt-Pagiola.stanford.edu (NeXTMail encouraged)

>>> In our experience (2.1) we get some bizarre behaviour
>>> even when 'hide on autolaunch' is *not* enabled
>>> i.e. often we have to quit the NeXTMail program (after waiting
>>> the query interval time) and relaunch the mail.  Only
>>> then will the mail be brought in.  Anybody else experienced
>>> that?  It is tres frustrating... 

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