Stop Email from Checking Automatically

In Category: Email

With Outlook Express go to Tools/Options then under the \"General\" tab, uncheck \"Send and Receive Messages at Startup\". You can also uncheck \"Check for new messages every...\" to prevent it from going out and getting mail on its own. With Thunderbird go to Tools/Account Settings then select \"Server Settings\" for your mail accounts. Uncheck \"Check for new messages at startup\". You can also uncheck \"Check for new messages every...minutes\" to stop it from going out and getting mail on its own.