Index: src/main/java/com/zanox/hudson/plugins/FTPPublisher.java
===================================================================
--- src/main/java/com/zanox/hudson/plugins/FTPPublisher.java	(revision 39041)
+++ src/main/java/com/zanox/hudson/plugins/FTPPublisher.java	(working copy)
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package com.zanox.hudson.plugins;
 
 import hudson.Extension;
-import hudson.FilePath;
 import hudson.Launcher;
 import hudson.Util;
 import hudson.model.AbstractBuild;
@@ -17,19 +16,15 @@
 import hudson.util.FormValidation;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URI;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
 
 import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
 
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 
-import com.jcraft.jsch.SftpException;
-
 /**
  * <p>
  * This class implements the ftp publisher process by using the {@link FTPSite}.
@@ -59,6 +54,7 @@
 	private final List<Entry> entries = new ArrayList<Entry>();
 	private Boolean useTimestamps = false;
 	private Boolean flatten = true;
+	private Boolean skip = false;
 
 	public void setUseTimestamps(boolean useTimestamps) {
 		this.useTimestamps = useTimestamps;
@@ -75,7 +71,15 @@
 	public boolean isFlatten() {
 		return flatten;
 	}
+	
+	public void setSkip(boolean skip) {
+		this.skip = skip;
+	}
 
+	public boolean isSkip() {
+		return skip;
+	}
+	
 	public FTPPublisher() {
 		int a = 2;
 	}
@@ -152,6 +156,11 @@
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean perform(AbstractBuild<?, ?> build, Launcher launcher, BuildListener listener) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+		
+		if (skip) {
+			listener.getLogger().println("Publish artifacts to FTP - Skipping... ");
+			return true;
+		}
 		if (build.getResult() == Result.FAILURE || build.getResult() == Result.ABORTED) {
 			// build failed. don't post
 			return true;
Index: src/main/resources/com/zanox/hudson/plugins/FTPPublisher/config.jelly
===================================================================
--- src/main/resources/com/zanox/hudson/plugins/FTPPublisher/config.jelly	(revision 39041)
+++ src/main/resources/com/zanox/hudson/plugins/FTPPublisher/config.jelly	(working copy)
@@ -37,5 +37,9 @@
   <f:entry title="Flatten files" help="${helpURL}/help-flatten.html">
     <f:checkbox name="publisher.flatten" checked="${instance.flatten}" />
   </f:entry>
+
+  <f:entry title="Skip publishing (e.g. temporarily)">
+    <f:checkbox name="publisher.skip" checked="${instance.skip}" />
+  </f:entry>
   
 </j:jelly>
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