+ const gchar *key,
+ GSList *val,
+ ModestConfValueType list_type,
+ gboolean server_account);
+
+/**
+ * modest_account_mgr_unset:
+ * @self: a ModestAccountMgr instance
+ * @name: the name of the account
+ * @key: the key of the value to unset
+ * @server_account: if TRUE, this is a server account
+ * @err: a GError ptr, or NULL to ignore.
+ *
+ * unsets the config value of an account and all their children keys
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if unsetting the value succeeded, or FALSE in case of error.
+ * @err gives details in case of error
+ */
+gboolean modest_account_mgr_unset (ModestAccountMgr *self,
+ const gchar *name,
+ const gchar *key,
+ gboolean server_account);
+
+/**
+ * modest_account_mgr_has_accounts:
+ * @self: a ModestAccountMgr instance
+ * @enabled: TRUE to search for enabled accounts only
+ *
+ * Checks if any accounts exist
+ *
+ * Returns: TRUE if accounts exist, FALSE otherwise
+ */
+
+gboolean modest_account_mgr_has_accounts (ModestAccountMgr* self, gboolean enabled);
+
+/**
+ * modest_account_mgr_set_account_busy
+ * @self: a ModestAccountMgr instance
+ * @account_name: name of the account
+ * @busy: whether to set busy or not busy
+ *
+ * Changes the busy flag of an account
+ *
+ */
+
+void modest_account_mgr_set_account_busy(ModestAccountMgr* self, const gchar* account_name,
+ gboolean busy);
+
+/**
+ * modest_account_mgr_account_is_busy
+ * @self: a ModestAccountMgr instance
+ * @account_name: name of the account
+ *
+ * Returns: If the account is currently busy or not
+ *
+ */
+gboolean
+modest_account_mgr_account_is_busy(ModestAccountMgr* self, const gchar* account_name);