[Discuss] Temporarily disable check for messages in Thunderbird

[Adam Parkin]

Does anyone know if there's a way to temporarily disable checking for 
new mail in Thunderbird at startup?  When I come into my office at 
school I usually start up Thunderbird which causes it to automatically 
send my name & password for my Telus accounts out on the UVic network in 
plain text (obviously a security problem, UVic is smart enough to 
support SSL encryption for their POP accounts).  So it would be nice to 
be able to start Thunderbird and not have it automatically check for new 
messages on my insecure POP accounts (but only on a temporary basis as I 
do like it to check for new mail when I get home).
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Adam Parkin
E-mail: pzelnip at telus.net
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