<p>On supported services, Adium can notify you when you receive new email on the address associated with your account. Adium will not notify of email for any other email account; Adium is not a mail client and does not intend to replace one.</p>
<p>Adium supports mail notification for:</p>
<ul>
<li>AOL accounts</li>
<li>AIM accounts with AIM Mail</li>
</ul>
<p>To enable mail checking</p>
<ul>
<li>double click your account in the <strong>Accounts</strong> pane of the Preferences window,</li>
<li>click the <strong>Options</strong> tab</li>
<li>check <strong>Check for New Mail</strong>.</li>