It's a simple question, why can't you temporarily suspend the checking of an email account in Thunderbird? Searching on line there are plenty of people asking this question and the most common reply is "you can't". No reason, just the "you can't". How hard can it be? It would basically require a simple check box on the "Account Settings -> Server Settings" page that asks "Temporarily suspend account?" and then some simple if()/else if()/else logic to check/not check. Probably should add an int/bool somewhere in one of the myriad config files to keep track and that's it. According to another post regarding this topic, there are bugs on this that are now 14/15 years old but when I clicked on the links to check them out, the pages timed out. 14/15 years and no change/fix - seriously. I don't see how this, to someone familiar with the code base, would be more than a one day task, that includes doco, coding & testing. The fix offered in the above post was to copy all the stuff to a local folder - so what happens in a few weeks time when you want to check that account again - copy it all back? And then copy it back again a few weeks later, back a forth like a yo-yo. Not a well though out idea! If there is a valid reason, I'd like to hear it from someone who actually works for Mozilla/Thunderbird and knows coding rather than someone who just posts to this forum a lot and guesses. Thunderbird is constantly popping up pages telling me all about freedom and donating. With such a slow turn around time on such a simple request, I'm probably going to skip donating.