Checking Mail. TB Ver 17.0.5

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In Thunderbird don't save the passwords of the accounts you don't want to have
checked.

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> Agent M <agent_m at advantagepc.com.au> hat am 30. März 2014 um 11:28
> geschrieben:
> 
>  Just done a quick google, and it doesn't seem as easy as it should be, but
> have a look at the following link ( I have copied the 2 most relevant post
> below as well ).
> 
>  <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=635510>
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>  [Post]
> <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=6880695&sid=df697f961afbf8740149f5d3c339906a#p6880695>
>  Posted July 5th, 2009, 5:50 pm
> 
>  There are a few possibilities to do what you want.
> 
>  1. The "Include this server when downloading messages" (translated from
> French) is found under:
>  Tools > Account Settings > (the account) > Server Parameters > Advanced
>  However, it appears only when you ask the messages to be saved in the Global
> account.
> 
>  Other possibilities...
> 
>  2. Of course, disable all other automatic harvesting techniques (check at
> startup, every XX minutes, automatically...)
> 
>  3. If you don't use a global account, download messages manually only from
> the account(s) you want to use. For instance, don't download (first icon on
> the left) from your Office account during the weekend.
> 
>  4. If you have saved your password, "unsave" it. Go to:
>  Tools > Options (or Preferences?) > Confidentiality (4th icon) > Passwords
>  then click on Modify archived passwords
>  Then remove the password for the account you don't want to use anymore.
> 
>  At that point, when you click on "Download All Messages", it won't download
> messages from accounts that don't have an archived password. Michel Gagnon
> 
>  Guest
>  Guest
>    [Post]
> <http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=7107515&sid=df697f961afbf8740149f5d3c339906a#p7107515>
>  Posted July 30th, 2009, 12:50 pm
> 
>  Here's how to maintain an account in Thunderbird, but "disable" it so that it
> does not fetch messages when you click "Get Mail" (or when mail is retrieved
> at startup or periodically):
> 
>  Tools >> Options >> Advanced >> Config Editor...
> 
>  In the Filter bar, enter "server.server". Thunderbird apparently stores
> properties for each account under config items that have names like
> "server.server1", "server.server2", etc. So filtering on "server.server" will
> show you ALL of your accounts.
> 
>  In the list, look for an item named something similar to this:
>  mail.server.serverX.name
>  ...where X above is actually a number (1,2,3,...), depending on how many
> accounts you have.
>  ...now browse through the list and look at the values of the items named
> "mail.server.serverX.name"...find the value name that corresponds to the email
> account you want to disable.
>  For example, if you discover that "mail.server.server6.name" has the email
> address for the account you want to disable, then...
>  ...in the list, look for (or filter) "mail.server.server6.defer_get_new_mail"
> ... set this to false.
> 
>  Thunderbird will no longer check that account for email.
> 
>  This is obscure...but it looks like it works.
> 
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> 
>  -----Original Message-----
>  Subject: Checking Mail. TB Ver 17.0.5
>  Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:26:00 +1100
> 
> 
>  This is about using one action to check all selected mail accounts.
> 
>  In the past I have simply pressed Shift-F5 or, clicked on the Get Mail
>  icon to check all accounts for mail.
> 
>  Now this is not so convenient.  Now I have three accounts that I wish to
>  keep (i.e. not delete), but not to check for mail or attempt to check
>  for mail this month.
> 
>  In the past I remember having the capability to indicate via a check box
>  whether or not a particular account would be checked in response to the
>  above Shift-F5 or mouse click.  Today I wish to unckeck those three
>  accounts, so as not to attempt collecting mail, but I cannot find the
>  feature.
> 
>  Has the feature disappeared?
>  Did I see it in perhaps an earlier version of TB?
> 
>  Help appreciated
>  GT
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