Thunderbird Automatically Get (POP) New Mail, Via the OS (Mac OS X)

Question

I want the OS to check for new mail using my POP account in thunderbird without having to manually start thunderbird (its ok if thunderbird automatically starts as a windowed process and doesn't just run in the background).

Like explained here except using thunderbird not Mail. I was unable to find the proper automator action to do this.

Ideas?

Answer 1

Not the OS exactly, but MacBiff is pretty light-weight, runs in your menu bar and checks for new mail periodically. It can alert you audibly, by running another app (Tbird, maybe?), or with Growl.