I just bought a new macbook pro and simply restored all user data from the old laptop. In regards to MailMate that was everything I needed to do. It started right away with all mailboxrs, folders and no email was missed.
Best, Volker On 8 Oct 2016, at 16:44, Patrik Fältström wrote: > Hi, > > Once again I have the need for starting use MailMate on a different host. > This time because the trackpad and keyboard died on my laptop, and I have to > launch a backup machine. > > And copy settings etc to that new host. > > I will copy the files by using DropBox and of course I once again thought > about having settings there all the time and hard/soft links to the DropBox > folder. > > I think I really would like to: > > 1. Know what files we talk about that can be copied to a different host > 2. Why not have them in a separate directory in the settings "hierarchy" > 3. Hopefully MailMate will open/do changes/read/write/close in short bursts > (and not keep the files open) > 4. Could MailMate state(2) those files now and then, detect when files > changes, and if so read the files and apps settings? > > But, many things in for example the Mailboxes.plist file include UUID's for > the identification of the mailboxes. I have not digged into that too much > yet, but I guess the UUID's might be different on different clients even if > they are the same IMAP mailbox? > > Yes, I know the plan is to have settings stored in the IMAP server itself, > but that implies you must have account settings set manually before the > settings can be applied. A catch-22. > > On the other hand, there can be race conditions anyway when for example > DropBox is sync:ed, MailMate started and DropBox has not sync:ed the > settings, MailMate create new settings and DropBox then sync the > settings...etc. > > But I think those race conditions will happen regardless of whether the > settings are stored in IMAP or by some shared file system... > > So, at least I think I would like to see in the manual one page saying "if > you want to start running MailMate on a new host, these are the recommended > steps...". > > paf > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
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