[Users] Fully disabling an account without removing it

[symphorien_claws at xlumurb.eu]

Le Sat, 20 Jun 2020 18:16:15 +0100,
Dave Howorth <dave at howorth.org.uk> a écrit :

> On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 12:39:18 -0400
> "Michael A. Yetto" <myetto at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:34:38 +0200
> > symphorien_claws at xlumurb.eu writes, and having writ moves on:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I have two IMAP accounts A and B. The server of A is currently
> > > down, and will stay like this for another few weeks. I also have
> > > ticked the "automatically check for new messages every 10
> > > minutes" option. The consequence is that every 10 minutes I get
> > > an error message in a popup telling me that connection to A
> > > failed.
> > > 
> > > I would like to still check for new mail on B every 10 minutes but
> > > without the annoying popup. So I unchecked the "G" checkbox for A
> > > in the list of accounts in the "Configuration>Edit accounts"
> > > dialog. Then clicking on the "manual check for emails" button
> > > does stop retrieving email from A. However, regularly scheduled
> > > email checks still try to talk to A, and I get an error popup
> > > every 10 minutes.
> > > 
> > > Is there a way to have claws-mail completely stop talking to this
> > > email server without removing the account? I'll reuse it in the
> > > future.
> > > 
> > > Thanks  
> > 
> > Under Configuration / Preferences / Receiving clear the boxes for
> > Automatic Checking. This deals with all accounts.
> > 
> > Then set the checking interval for each account individually under
> > Configuration / Edit accounts.
> 
> I'm just curious. Is the second part version dependent? I don't see
> any such checking interval options on 3.16.0?

I have it on 3.17.4, for what it's worth.

> 
> > Mike Yetto
> 
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