I hit this bug on Icedove 17.0.2, from experimental (Debian testing system).
As a workaround, you need to add a line similar to this :
user_pref("mail.server.serverX.check_new_mail", true);
Replace "serverX" with the proper identifier for the movemail account.
After this, Icedove checked the account on startup and periodically.
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