On 6/26/2012 10:47 AM, MaryL wrote:

I wrote:

You actually can turn off email in Thunderbird without changing your
settings. This way the settings remain, but it doesn't download your
email.

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How is that done?

You might want to turn off your wireless before you do this so you don't
download emails.

Open Thunderbird
Right click the mail account that you created (on the left navigation
side) and select "settings"

Uncheck two options under Server Settings (should be the first tab
settings opens to) just as in this pictu

http://i46.tinypic.com/28cg9jc.jpg

In case you can't see it, the options both start with "check for new
messages ..." You might as well uncheck the third setting as well
(automatically download new messages).