When I receive mail I get a 'mail in local' pop-up but I can't, at that point, see the mail anywhere and to actually get it into the Inbox I have to use the 'Get Mail' button. What I would like is for the mail to be automatically read into the Inbox. I can't find anything about this in FAQ or Help (and can't see anything on the options that looks as if it would do this) so does anyone know how to do it?
Go to 'Tools' - 'Account settings'
For the account that is misbehaving, select 'server settings' and tick the box next to 'Automatically download new messages'.
That should solve your problem.