# Why can't my email client retrieve my email from different accounts simultaneously?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-my-email-client-retrieve-my-email-from-different-accounts-simultaneously/325735>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 11, 2005, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-my-email-client-retrieve-my-email-from-different-accounts-simultaneously/325735 "2005-10-11T11:45:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\
**Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-my-email-client-retrieve-my-email-from-different-accounts-simultaneously/325735/21 "2005-10-12T17:37:00Z")

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Eudora checks simultaneously. It shows a loverly blue bar for each account, showing how many messages are left to be downloaded, etc.

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