+gboolean modest_account_mgr_get_enabled (ModestAccountMgr *self, const gchar* name);
+
+
+
+/**
+ * modest_account_mgr_get_tny_account:
+ * @self: a #ModestAccountMgr instance
+ * @name: the account name
+ * @type: the #TnyAccountType to check; either TNY_ACCOUNT_TYPE_TRANSPORT or TNY_ACCOUNT_TYPE_STORE
+ *
+ * get the TnyAccount corresponding to the store/transport (server) accounts for some account.
+ * ie., every account has two server accounts, and for every server account there is a corresponding
+ * TnyAccount
+ *
+ * Returns: the requested TnyAccount, or NULL in case of error
+ */
+TnyAccount* modest_account_mgr_get_tny_account (ModestAccountMgr *self, const gchar* name,
+ TnyAccountType type);
+
+/**
+ * modest_account_mgr_get_from_string
+ * @self: a #ModestAccountMgr instance
+ * @name: the account name
+ *
+ * get the From: string for some account; ie. "Foo Bar" <foo.bar@cuux.yy>"
+ *
+ * Returns: the newly allocated from-string, or NULL in case of error
+ */
+gchar * modest_account_mgr_get_from_string (ModestAccountMgr *self, const gchar* name);