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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Accounts in Mail: Not Independent
Date: 17 Oct 2017 15:20:38 GMT
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Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
> In article <f4ks77FqloqU1@mid.individual.net>, Jolly Roger
> <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> This is all fairly straightforward, so I can't see why Apple wouldn't
>>> have it in Mail, particularly if it already existed. They'd have to do
>>> work to take it out.
>> 
>> It never existed in Apple Mail to my knowledge - nor was it ever needed,
>> IMO. Being able to set individual polling schedules for each email account
>> is probably a feature most people wouldn't use anyway. I certainly wouldn't
>> bother; and I'm a software developer / power user.
> 
> Most people wouldn't have more than one account. 

I find that hard to believe. Even my 96-year-old grandfather has multiple
email accounts.

> I happen to find it a
> useful feature, which is why I wrote it into my email client.

Setting different polling schedules for each and every email account seems
like a needlessly tedious feature to me. I have had many email accounts for
years, and all I care about is that my mail is relatively up to date
whenever I check it. Apple Mail does that admirably. 

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JR