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temporarily suspending an account

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I have an account for work that I can only access 3 out of 6 months. Checking for it wastes a little time every time i check my e-mail and sometimes causes authentication issues for my other accounts (not sure why).

Anyone can tell me a way to disable it without deleting it and having to set it up again every time?

Thanks for any suggestions, Viktor

I have an account for work that I can only access 3 out of 6 months. Checking for it wastes a little time every time i check my e-mail and sometimes causes authentication issues for my other accounts (not sure why). Anyone can tell me a way to disable it without deleting it and having to set it up again every time? Thanks for any suggestions, Viktor

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If it is a POP mail account you could try switching off checks for emails in the 'Account Settings' > 'Server Settings'. uncheck 'Check for new messages at start up' Uncheck 'Check for new messages every X minutes' uncheck 'Automatically download new messages'

Unfortunately, if you use IMAP, switching off all of the imap check for messages checkboxes may not work because if your IMAP server supports the optional IDLE command then server will 'Push' mail and contact Thunderbird and ask for access to download emails.

Personally, if you hardly use that email, I would create a new profile and use it just for that particular email address. It means the main profile is not cluttered up with an account you rarely use.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles

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If it is a POP mail account you could try switching off checks for emails in the 'Account Settings' > 'Server Settings'. uncheck 'Check for new messages at start up' Uncheck 'Check for new messages every X minutes' uncheck 'Automatically download new messages'

Unfortunately, if you use IMAP, switching off all of the imap check for messages checkboxes may not work because if your IMAP server supports the optional IDLE command then server will 'Push' mail and contact Thunderbird and ask for access to download emails.

Personally, if you hardly use that email, I would create a new profile and use it just for that particular email address. It means the main profile is not cluttered up with an account you rarely use.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/using-multiple-profiles

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