[Discuss] Temporarily disable check for messages in Thunderbird

[R. McFarlane]

Adam Parkin wrote:

> Yeah, I knew about this, but it's not really what I had in mind, as if I 
> do this then I have to check my non-secure accounts manually (hey that's 
> an extra keystroke/mouse click). =8-p

	Not true. When you click the get mail button, it checks ALL accounts. 
Same for using the keyboard shortcut (CTRL+SHIFT+T).

> What I had in mind is something like holding a key down when TB starts 
> to disable e-mail checking at startup, or maybe a command line switch to 
> start up in offline mode (then I can have one shortcut for when I'm at 
> work, and one for when I'm at home).

	I think there is a command line switch for starting up in offline mode. 
Check the help/manuals and the online mozilla KB. I seem to recall doing 
something similar with NetScape 4 back in the day.

> Or maybe I should just ditch the Telus accounts, and stick to POP3 
> accounts that can be checked with SSL enabled (this was actually the 
> smart-assed response I was expecting to get from a few people on here). 
> =;->

	Personally, I use Thunderbird on my computers and I run my own IMAP 
mail server with TLS/SSL support.
	I was being sincere, sorry to hear you thought I was being a smart ass.

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