First of all, I am talking here about the pop email app that comes with Android, *not* the Gmail app.

I've noticed that every time the pop email app checks for new messages, it gives me a notification that I have new mail, even if no new messages have arrived since it last checked.

It will do this every time it checks at whatever interval I have set until I mark the email as read.

This is *highly* annoying. If I happen to receive a new email message after I go to bed, I get the notification tone every 5 minutes all night long.

Is there a way to fix this?