User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031116 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.6b) Gecko/20031116 For the default account Mozilla does not check for new messages at startup of MailNews. Setting another account as default this one will not be checked but the old default will be checked again. This is also visible in POP3 logfile. This does not concern the periodic check for new mails while MailNews is running. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce:

in mail/news do edit - mail/newsgroup account settings Then select your account -> server settings check the box CHECK FOR NEW MESSAGES AT STARTUP. Does this fix your problem? If so, resolve this bug as WORKSFORME.

Check for new messages at startup is selected for all accounts. But it does not work for the default account.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 225867 ***

This bug has nothing to do with bug 225867. The problem described in this bug is still there. I have enabled "check for new messages at startup" for all POP3 accounts. So Mozilla should check all accounts when I start MailNews. But the first account (default account) is not checked. Steps to reproduce: 1. Enabled "check for new messages at startup" 2. Be sure that there is new mail for your default account 3. Start MailNews There is no notification that there is new mail for your default account. If you set a different account as default and then start MailNews you will receive a new mail notification for the former default account. In enabled the POP3 log. Checking the logfile shows that the USER for the default account is not sent only for the remaining accounts.

I see the bug too with Thunderbird 0.4a (20031119).

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 92655 ***

Just checked this again. This is not a dupe of bug 92655. I started a complete new profile and while checking for new mails the very first time the password for my default account was not requested. The password for the second account I had to enter. Both accounts were identically configured.

Build 2003121923 WinXP Check for new mails is performed for default account again since default account is expanded automatically when opening MailNews.