+/**
+ * modest_mail_operation_run_queue:
+ * @self: a #ModestMailOperation
+ * @queue: a #ModestTnySendQueue
+ *
+ * This mail operation is special. It should be running every time the send queue
+ * is running (after queue-start), and we should notify end of the operation
+ * after queue-end. Then, we should only set this queue on queue-start signal, and
+ * it will clean up the operation (notify end) on queue-end.
+ */
+void modest_mail_operation_run_queue (ModestMailOperation *self,
+ ModestTnySendQueue *queue);
+
+/**
+ * modest_mail_operation_queue_wakeup:
+ * @self: a #ModestMailOperation
+ * @queue: a #ModestTnySendQueue
+ *
+ * This mail operation is special. It should be running every time the send queue
+ * wakeup is running and we should notify end of the operation
+ * after wakeup has done msg-sent notification.
+ */
+void modest_mail_operation_queue_wakeup (ModestMailOperation *self,
+ ModestTnySendQueue *queue);
+
+/**
+ * modest_mail_operation_sync_folder:
+ * @self: a #ModestMailOperation
+ * @folder: a #TnyFolder
+ * @expunge: a #gboolean
+ *
+ * mail operation wrapper around tny_folder_sync () method, to keep modest
+ * running while we do that sync operation.
+ */
+void modest_mail_operation_sync_folder (ModestMailOperation *self,
+ TnyFolder *folder, gboolean expunge);
+
+/**
+ * modest_mail_operation_shutdown:
+ * @self: a #ModestMailOperation
+ * @account_store: a #ModestTnyAccountStore
+ *
+ * disconnects all accounts in the account store (doing the proper syncs).
+ */
+void modest_mail_operation_shutdown (ModestMailOperation *self,
+ ModestTnyAccountStore *account_store);
+