Multiple instances of MailMate are fine, but you can't replicate rules.
IMAP doesn't have suitable locking primitives, so there's no way for
MailMate to prevent such problems. The only answer that I know of is to
keep all of the rules on one machine. In the past, I've done much of my
sorting on a desktop, since it's always on. But there are exceptions.
There are emails I want to see immediately, even if I'm just on my
phone. Those I sort on my laptop.
The question of how MailMate should respond to error messages is a
completely different one.
On 24 Apr 2023, at 14:32, Glenn Parker wrote:
I use MailMate on two computers in two physically separate locations.
Each instance of MailMate uses a similar set of rules on my primary
INBOX to relocate certain incoming email into dedicated folders. For
example, the messages from this MailMate forum are directed into a
MailMate folder. I realize there are other ways to manage this kind of
thing in MailMate (isolating messages from email lists), but use a
less sophisticated email client on my Android devices (AquaMail), and
this style yields a fairly comfortable workflow for me across all my
devices.
I have found that I must be careful to avoid running my two MailMate
instances at the same time. Otherwise they seem to get into a fight
over who is going to execute the INBOX rules. When this happens, it
typically generates a bunch of seemingly dire error messages from
MailMate, and eventually causes MailMate to take one or more folders
off-line.
My points here are two-fold. First, if you try the same thing, don’t
be too surprised if you run into some complications. So far, this has
not resulted in any loss of email for me, but having a folder quietly
go off-line while you’re not looking can be confusing.
Second, I’d like to ask if MailMate could be more forgiving when it
runs into this particular situation. That is to say, when moving
messages between folders using automatic rules, if a message
“disappears” during the operation, allow this to be treated as a
soft error that can generate an (optional) warning, but don’t take
any folders off-line.
Glenn P. Parker
glenn.par...@comcast.net
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