On 7 Aug 2017, at 9:54, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
On 1 Aug 2017, at 17:41, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
I run SpamSieve and many sorting rules on my office iMac. However, I
travel a lot, which means that when MailMate displays and blocks
while waiting for a response, all of that stops working for an
extended period. Getting rid of modal dialog boxes entirely would
certainly help, but sometimes an important account is affected.
Yes, (most of) the modal dialog boxes are embarrassing for me, but it
would still be a problem for you if the problems are related to
accounts that you need (since the alternative is to temporarily take
an account off line and wait for user feedback in a non-modal dialog).
Yes, and some are serious, e.g., bad certificate problems, though in
cases where there's a "Retry" button an increasing backoff might help.
(Aside: if the dialog box has been pending for too long, often the
server will have disconnected, so I have to do a "Cancel" or something
else that will let me take the account offline and back online.)
Is there any way to see and respond to dialog boxes from a remote
command line?
I *think* it would be possible using AppleScript. Maybe even by simply
sending a “Return” to the front-most window (although you might
want to “hit” a “Cancel” button depending on the problem).
I'll have to experiment with that. Is there any way, in AppleScript, to
know which dialog box is pending?
--Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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