Spooooky Windows Mail

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Jeff Gaines

I am sure Windows Mail down-loaded my email this afternoon when it wasn't
running (it's set up to down-load every thirty minutes).

Is it really this clever or am I going round the bend?
 
You know, I thought this happened to me once, too. I usually don't leave
Windows Mail running, but this time I did, and I went into Sleep mode. When
I revived the computer, there was new email waiting. Is this my
imagination, or can you get email even while the computer's sleeping?
 
You're way around the bend.

Windows Mail does auto background checks, but can't when it's not
running. Outlook can run in the background when the client window is
not running, but not Mail.
You know, I thought this happened to me once, too. I usually don't
leave Windows Mail running, but this time I did, and I went into
Sleep mode. When I revived the computer, there was new email
waiting. Is this my imagination, or can you get email even while
the computer's sleeping?
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Likely what happens is that Mail has passed the 30mins (default) for
auto check and as soon as the computer wakes up, it checks for new
mail and has it before the monitor is ready to display the desktop.
Even LCD screens take a few seconds to "wake up", and that's plenty of
time to fetch a few emails.
 
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