Tom --

I'm using 4.61 & nothing happens when I select "check host for new mail."

Also, I have checked the user option "Ctrl+W activates the preview and selects the new mail folder" but it doesn't check for new mal & the Internet option "Check whenever the new mail folder is opened." This doesn't seem to work in 4.61 either.

Both of these features worked as expected in versions p[rior to 4.61.

I'm very new to Pegasus mail is there somewhere that you can set how often Pegasus checks for mail. 

> I'm very new to Pegasus mail is there somewhere that you can set how often Pegasus checks for mail.

Tools | Internet options | (Receiving)POP3 | "Check for new POP3 mail every x seconds"  

This option controls whether or not Pegasus Mail should poll the hosts in your active POP3 definition list for new mail automatically, and if so, how often. Enter here a number of seconds between poll cycles (Pegasus Mail is accurate to the nearest three seconds), If you check the Idle control next to this, then Pegasus Mail will wait until it has been idle (no keystrokes or mouse presses) for this length of time before it will automatically check for new mail. If the Idle control is unchecked, then checks will occur at regular intervals, regardless of activity. A value of zero means that Pegasus Mail should never poll your POP3 hosts automatically – you will have to initiate the check yourself by choosing "check host for new mail" from the File menu.