Internet connectivity may cause slows evaluations or cause unexpected problems (particularly in GUIs) when working in an environment with slow Internet or no Internet access at all. I know how to stop the Internet connectivity using the Preferences menu (Allow the Wolfram System to access the Internet) but I want to know if there a way to stop Internet connectivity programmatically.
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You can use:
CurrentValue[$FrontEnd, "AllowDownloads"]=False;
to disable the "Allow the Wolfram System to access the internet" preference.
answered Jan 25, 2018 at 0:12
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1$\begingroup$ It might be better to do this on the
$FrontEndSession(if possible) $\endgroup$– b3m2a1Commented Jan 25, 2018 at 4:58 -
$\begingroup$ Do you know how your approach differs from $AllowInternet=False? $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 29, 2018 at 19:00
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$\begingroup$ One bit of information I found is that to use SendMail both parameters need to be set to True. $\endgroup$ Commented Jan 30, 2018 at 22:33
$AllowInternet = False? $\endgroup$CurrentValue[$FrontEnd, "AllowDownloads"], it will also set$AllowInternet. The reverse it not true. $\endgroup$