Click OK to apply your new setting and close the Options dialog.In that case, Windows Live Mail will only check for new emails when you manually request it to, by clicking on the ' Sync' button in the toolbar. If you uncheck the ' Check for new messages every minute(s)' checkbox, you are telling Windows Live Mail that you never want it to check for new mail in other words, uncheck it to disable and turn off that feature.If you just want to force Windows Live Mail to wait a long time before checking for new emails, you can simply set the number of minutes to ' 999' (over 16 hours).Under the ' Send / Receive Messages' section, you will see a series of settings that control how Windows Live Mail behaves when it comes to automatically checking for new emails here they are:.When the Options dialog opens, make sure that the ' General' tab is selected.Choose ' Options' from the dropdown menu.
Stop Windows Live Mail from automatically checking for new emailsįollow these steps to disable the automatic check-for-new-mail feature:
