Right now, this is everything that I've been throwing at Modest.

gconftool-2 --type int --set /apps/modest/update_interval 5
gconftool-2 --type boolean --set /apps/modest/auto_update False
sudo /etc/init.d/mce restart
sudo start-stop-daemon --stop --name modest
sudo dsmetool -k /usr/bin/modest

The little bugger always rears back up after one minute.

I don't get it.