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Marius Stubberud
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I want to use thunderbird both for my personal mail and work mail, but I don't want to carry my work with me 24/7 so I don't want to be bothered by email notifications or "unread messages" indicators when I'm off work.

Right now it seems like I can only disable these things for the app as a whole, not per account, but I do want those notifications and indicators 24/7 for my personal account. Are there any more advanced controls for creating rules for how and when new and unread emails are notified to me on a per account basis?

I want to use thunderbird both for my personal mail and work mail, but I don't want to carry my work with me 24/7 so I don't want to be bothered by email notifications or "unread messages" indicators when I'm off work. Right now it seems like I can only disable these things for the app as a whole, not per account, but I do want those notifications and indicators 24/7 for my personal account. Are there any more advanced controls for creating rules for how and when new and unread emails are notified to me on a per account basis?

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No there is not.

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Matt
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No there is not.

Marius Stubberud
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Alright, thanks! Hopefully it's something the devs will consider for the future, I doubt I'm alone in wanting separate notification rules for my work mail and personal mail!

sfhowes
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Consider having separate profiles for work and personal accounts, and launch one, or both, at the appropriate time. Help/Troubleshooting Info, about:profiles, to create and manage profiles. There is also a Profile Switcher add-on.