Before you let a third-party intercept all your mail (WTF) why not simply use a tool like Llama or Easer or Tasker or anything like that for Desktop to selectiv

Before you let a third-party intercept all your mail (WTF) why not simply use a tool like Llama or Easer or Tasker or anything like that for Desktop to selective enable and disable notifications per app for certain times of day?