On 26 Apr 2023, at 7:52, Glenn Parker wrote:
On 25 Apr 2023, at 3:10, Randall Gellens wrote:
Having one client execute rules is a well-known way of using IMAP. In
the old days when IMAP was first being designed, this was called an
active client (the client is always on and actively moving/deleting
messages).
Yes, I could designate one computer as the master, but that would mean
never letting it “sleep” at all. I would rather not do that since
these two computers may go days (or weeks) without being used for
anything else. I am usually carefully to manage my instances in such
circumstances, but I have also set up remote access so that I can
tunnel in and quit MailMate if/when I forget.
Server-side rules might be an option, but I’m really not motivated
to set it up on the Comcast/Xfinity platform.
It won't work to have two active clients, because messages will
vanish and appear while a client is trying to operate on them.
IMHO, it’s not the end of the world to have a message disappear
during a move operation, especially when it’s due to some other
instance of MailMate that is already performing the intended move
operation. And while server problems that could cause a message to
disappear are not impossible, they are *vanishingly* unlikely.
I’m definitely not looking for some kind of out-of-band coordination
here, just a more forgiving response to certain types of errors. I
regard quietly taking a folder offline as a rather severe response.
One simple option would be to back off and wait a minute before
retrying. A more sophisticated option would be to check if the
intended message move was already accomplished before complaining.
I can see the benefit of having MailMate react to errors in a
smarter/more nuanced way. You can suggest it, and if Benny agrees he may
add it to his list of features to implement. In the meantime, the
easiest and quickest for you to deploy will be leaving a laptop or even
a VM with MM running 7/24 to be the active client.
--Randall
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