gboolean modest_conf_get_bool (ModestConf* self, const gchar* key, GError **err);
+/**
+ * modest_conf_get_list:
+ * @self: a ModestConf instance
+ * @key: the key of the value to retrieve
+ * @list_type: the type of the elements of the list
+ * @err: a GError ptr, or NULL to ignore.
+ *
+ * get a list of values from the configuration system
+ *
+ * Returns: a list with the values for the key, or NULL in case of error
+ * @err gives details in case of error
+ */
+GSList * modest_conf_get_list (ModestConf* self, const gchar* key,
+ ModestConfValueType list_type, GError **err);
/**
* modest_conf_set_string: