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behr
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Disabling Email Account

When I click on the Get Mail button, Thunderbird checks all the email accounts.
I have a few email accounts that I want to manually check occasionally.
So, I would like to disable those accounts.

I read that I could do this by creating multiple profiles for the regular Thunderbird.
But, I need to keep multiple profile directories for the portable.

Outlook Express has an option to disable checking particular email account.

Can I do the same with portable Thunderbird?

Thanks.

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Yes

it is possible without creating multiple profiles.

I believe the settings are under extras-accounts-accountname-server settings. There you can specify when it should get the mails.

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server settings

and then the advanced button, and there is the checkbox for enabling or disabling the acc.

Otto Sykora
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behr
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Thank you for your

Thank you for your suggestion.

For IMAP account, Advanced options does not have a box to disable server.

For POP3 account, there are three options to save the emails. If I choose to have a separate
account folder, "Include this server getting email" is greyed out. So, I can't disable the server.

If I choose save emails under Global Inbox, then disabling server box is available and works.
But, I want to keep the emails under their respective folder.

Is there any better alternative?

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Sorry

I only use POP3.

Maybe you can ask over at the MozillaZine forums.

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OK thanks. I first thought

OK thanks. I first thought this was a portable issue. It seems this is generic Thunderbird problem.

I will ask there.

Thanks for all the inputs.

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so,

>For IMAP account, Advanced options does not have a box to disable server.If I choose save emails under Global Inbox, then disabling server box is available and works.
But, I want to keep the emails under their respective folder.

Otto Sykora
Basel, Switzerland

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