238594 - Integrated "check for new mail every _ minutes" feature

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, enhancement)

Description

[Petey]

With the new mail integration for 0.9, I would really like for Firefox to be
able to automatically query my mail server for new messages so I don't have to
have TB open to be notified about new mail.  A setting regarding the feature
could conceivably be put under the "Advanced" section of the Options.

Comment 1

[kevin fisher]

There are multitudes of 3rd party programs available (covering many different
levels of feature-richness) that do a much better job at this sort of thing than
FireFox could ever hope to do.  I'm left wondering, "why bother?"

Comment 2

[Petey]

Because we are bothering to integrate mail in the first place.  If this does not
become a feature, perhaps one of those 3rd party extensions should be included
in the bundled extensions as mentioned in bug 214269.

Comment 3

[Worcester12345]

(In reply to comment #1)
> There are multitudes of 3rd party programs available (covering many different
> levels of feature-richness) that do a much better job at this sort of thing than
> FireFox could ever hope to do.  I'm left wondering, "why bother?"

Maybe because it is listed in the Tools menu?