/**
* modest_tny_account_new_from_account:
* @account_mgr: a valid account mgr instance
- * @account_name: the account name for which to create a corresponding tny account
+ * @account_name: the modest account name for which to create a corresponding tny account of the given type.
* @type: the type of account to create (TNY_ACCOUNT_TYPE_STORE or TNY_ACCOUNT_TYPE_TRANSPORT)
* @session: a tny camel session
* @get_pass_func: the get-password function
/**
* modest_tny_account_new_for_per_account_local_outbox_folder:
* @account_mgr: a valid account mgr instance
- * @account: a valid account instance
+ * @account_name: a modest account name.
* @session: a tny camel session
*
* get the per-account local outbox folder (pseudo) account.
* Returns: a new per-account local outbox folder TnyAccount or NULL in case of error.
*/
TnyAccount* modest_tny_account_new_for_per_account_local_outbox_folder (
- ModestAccountMgr *account_mgr, TnyAccount *account,
+ ModestAccountMgr *account_mgr, const gchar* account_name,
TnySessionCamel *session);
+
+/**
+ * modest_tny_account_new_from_server_account_name:
+ * @account_mgr: a valid account mgr instance
+ * @server_account_name: the name of a server account in the configuration system.
+ *
+ * Returns: a new TnyAccount or NULL in case of error.
+ */
+TnyAccount*
+modest_tny_account_new_from_server_account_name (ModestAccountMgr *account_mgr,
+ const gchar* server_account_name);
/**
* modest_tny_account_get_special_folder:
* @self: a TnyAccount
* @special_type: the special folder to get
*
- * get the special (Inbox,Outbox,Sent,Draft etc.) folder for this account
+ * get the special (Inbox,Outbox,Sent,Draft etc.) folder for this server account's parent modest account.
* Note: currently, the implementation will always return a local folder for this.
* This can be changed later to return really account-specific special folders,
* such as (for example) server-side Sent/Junk mail for IMAP accounts