Thanks for the reference Eric.

> On Jun 16, 2020, at 1:49 PM, Eric Sharakan <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> I wouldn't recommend this. Having two copies of MM updating these important 
> files on which it relies via a shared folder in real time is probably going 
> to lead to corruption.
> 
> In fact, I just found this old comment from Benny when someone else was 
> trying to do something similar (from 
> https://mailmate.freron.narkive.com/C29rlbuH/mlmt-sync-mailmate-settings):
> 
> Currently I've got a symlink set up via dropbox for the files in
> ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/ except
> 
> Just be aware that you cannot run more than one instance of MailMate
> when doing this. You must quit/start MailMate on your machines to make
> sure you do not loose any settings.
> 
> So be careful!
> 
> -Eric
> 
> On 16 Jun 2020, at 10:50, Verdon Vaillancourt wrote:
> 
> If you mean keeping two separate installs insyinc over time, I believe there 
> has been discussion on the list, in regards to using something like dropbox 
> to store your settings, and aliasing to it in each computer’s 
> ~/Library/Application Support/Mailmate dir. I’m not sure if it’s that simple, 
> but something like that.
> 
> -- 
> Verdon Vaillancourt
> Musician/Artist/Coder/Tinkerer
> 
> On 16 Jun 2020, at 10:26, Evan Silberman wrote:
> 
> How do you setup a second instance of mailmate? I want to configure it on a 
> new computer, but carry over my existing settings, smart mailboxes, etc. and 
> keep them in sync.
> 
> How do I do that?
> 
> Evan Silberman
> 646-460-5354
> EdD Candidate, Higher Ed Administration
> NYU Steinhardt
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