I'm using a Mac Powerbook G4 with osx panther.  New to macs and
figuring out the tricks still....  I have a pop 3 email account and
ethernet access with earthlink.  How can I program my mac to
automatically send and receive or at least check for new incoming
email messages while I am connected.  I'm not used to having to click
send and receive and it's driving me crazy!!

Hi genki2,

If Entourage can't do it, ePrompter may be a suitable alternative.

ePrompter:
"...automatically and simultaneously checks and retrieves your email messages..."
http://eprompter.com/index.htm

Regards,
hummer

Entourage can do it.

Choose 'Schedules' from the tools menu - by default, there is a 'send
and receive all' schedule set up when you first started entourage.
Open that schedule and set the 'when' to a 'Repeating Schedule' at
whatever frequency you are comfortable with.

BarryW