I am getting a lot of emails everyday on various email addresses. Thunderbird checks the accounts every 2 to 5 minutes for new emails.
All mine are checked up automatically and as soon as i receive a new one it shows up,i dont manually check them.
every day, many times per day, check it from my iPhone and check it on computer all the time, i get so many emails, too many to reply too
Thats the good thing about Gmail, I have a lot of my emails forwarded to gmail too, and i use gmail for automated emails, marketing emails ect.. so i can filter the rubbish stuff
I usually keep it open all day and check it 4 or 5 times every hour. There are a huge number of urgent emails to reply to especially at the moment while I am doing job applicaitons.