Sigh - I guess that convinces me that I need to set up new profile. Those
linked instructions from earlier were pretty clear, so I don't expect
problems. Thanks everybody for your help.

"Tom Willett" wrote in message
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"jekeesl" wrote in message
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: Okay. That too-frequent scan isn't hurting anything now, because my
: connection is fast enough to get all mail in less than a minute. But if
I
: have any further issues, I'll definitely create a new profile as
suggested
: earlier.

Having it check for mail every minute or less will most likely lead to
corruption of the profile as well as loss of the mail, including that
already stored in your inbox.