Suspending X-notifier

Could I make a suggestion?

Google has recently become more aggressive in alerting and sometimes blocking log-in attempts that it thinks are suspicious.  Sometimes G-mail demands that I change passwords, and at the minimum it sends messages to my account and the backup email address for that account.

The biggest part of the problem is that X-notifier runs when I'm online using a VPN and presenting a "suspicious" IP address. I can disable your app from the right-click menu, but I would either have to stop checking mail when the browser opens or remember to open the browser first before firing up the VPN.

Would it be possible for the app to check to see if a VPN or proxy is running when it first starts (and before it checks mail) and let me opt to shut off the mail checks if it is? If that VPN/proxy info is readily available, the option would be a useful addition to a very good app.

Thanks.