[MlMt] Stop automatic download of incoming messages

[Paul Sture]

On 10 Sep 2016, at 20:04, Bill Cole wrote:

> On 9 Sep 2016, at 12:54, Esteban Umerez Argaia wrote:
>
>> A ‘Do not disturb’ button for MailMate would be wonderful, 
>> certainly.
>
> Yes.
>
> One of the few serious gaps in MM is the fact that you can only take 
> source accounts online and offline by selecting them in the Sources 
> list. It would be nice to have (like TBird and Outlook and Mail.app) a 
> menu command to flip the online/offline switch for all accounts at 
> once or individually, akin to the File->Synchronize menu.

I'd like to see a keyboard shortcut and a toolbar icon to toggle the 
online/offline state.

Why both?  I do like driving everything from the keyboard, but I often 
enough read email with a cup of coffee or
sandwich in one hand, and a mouse can be used with the other hand.

> Something I do as an alternative when I need to focus on extended 
> writing of email or anything else is to use my laptop (smaller screen, 
> weaker hardware, no wired network) instead of my desktop and flip the 
> WiFi off. MailMate immediately notices, switches all sources to 
> "disconnected", and stops doing any noticeable background work.

Offline capability was one of the main reasons I chose MailMate in the 
first place.  I live out in the sticks and my broadband will frequently 
go AWOL for a while (a few seconds up to half an hour).  It's a lot 
better than it used to be, but when it's half way between 'working' and 
'not working', a forced disconnect is the best way forward.

> It probably helps that I am old enough that using a computer without a 
> network doesn't feel heretical.

The most irritating situation is with any program which finds a 
connection and expects it to be there forever.  Some developers have 
quite obviously never worked with modems, or even had the "pleasure" of 
building work or storms taking the lot out.