Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-11 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 10 Dec 2018, at 20:18, Robert Brenstein wrote: Okay but I am not talking about restoring from backup but copying the folders and files from a hard drive to which MM was writing directly. The issue is that the new computer can’t run the older system from that drive. If MailMate is not

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-10 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 9 Dec 2018, at 14:14, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote: On 3 Dec 2018, at 18:09, Robert Brenstein wrote: Let me piggyback on this thread. My laptop developed hardware issues, so like OP, I thought to copy the entire MailMate folder from the Application Support and com.freron.MailMate.plist from

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-09 Thread Bill Cole
On 9 Dec 2018, at 8:24, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote: On 6 Dec 2018, at 18:26, Bill Cole wrote: On 6 Dec 2018, at 11:36, Robert Brenstein wrote: Benny or anyone else… Why should we copy just the plists and prefs and refetch all the mails? If I follow the recommendation below, that what we

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-09 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 6 Dec 2018, at 18:26, Bill Cole wrote: On 6 Dec 2018, at 11:36, Robert Brenstein wrote: Benny or anyone else… Why should we copy just the plists and prefs and refetch all the mails? If I follow the recommendation below, that what we should do. However, with 100k mails in dozen IMAP

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-09 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 6 Dec 2018, at 19:16, Bill Cole wrote: That depends on your IMAP servers. I don't know how exactly MM handles tags/flags for IMAP accounts on servers that don't have full keyword support. They are saved in the local database index files only. In other words, they are *lost* if rebuilding

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-09 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 3 Dec 2018, at 18:09, Robert Brenstein wrote: Let me piggyback on this thread. My laptop developed hardware issues, so like OP, I thought to copy the entire MailMate folder from the Application Support and com.freron.MailMate.plist from Preferences to the temp computer. Why should copy

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-06 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 6 Dec 2018, at 19:16, Bill Cole wrote: If I refetch all my mails, what about all the flags and tags that I have set on my mails? Hundreds of them. That depends on your IMAP servers. I don't know how exactly MM handles tags/flags for IMAP accounts on servers that don't have full keyword

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-06 Thread Bill Cole
On 6 Dec 2018, at 12:42, Robert Brenstein wrote: On 6 Dec 2018, at 18:26, Bill Cole wrote: On 6 Dec 2018, at 11:36, Robert Brenstein wrote: Benny or anyone else… Why should we copy just the plists and prefs and refetch all the mails? If I follow the recommendation below, that what we

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-06 Thread Zvi Biener
For the record, I’ve copied the entire MailMate folder using Finder, with no detectable problem. Many of my emails are on an Exchange server that doesn’t deal well with tags, so this was pretty much necessary. I’d be interested to know if there are problem underneath that I simply never

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-06 Thread Robert Brenstein
On 6 Dec 2018, at 18:26, Bill Cole wrote: On 6 Dec 2018, at 11:36, Robert Brenstein wrote: Benny or anyone else… Why should we copy just the plists and prefs and refetch all the mails? If I follow the recommendation below, that what we should do. However, with 100k mails in dozen IMAP

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-06 Thread Bill Cole
On 6 Dec 2018, at 11:36, Robert Brenstein wrote: Benny or anyone else… Why should we copy just the plists and prefs and refetch all the mails? If I follow the recommendation below, that what we should do. However, with 100k mails in dozen IMAP accounts, this will take a while. I would rather

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-06 Thread Robert Brenstein
Benny or anyone else… Why should we copy just the plists and prefs and refetch all the mails? If I follow the recommendation below, that what we should do. However, with 100k mails in dozen IMAP accounts, this will take a while. I would rather copy the entire MailMate folder from the

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-03 Thread Robert Brenstein
Let me piggyback on this thread. My laptop developed hardware issues, so like OP, I thought to copy the entire MailMate folder from the Application Support and com.freron.MailMate.plist from Preferences to the temp computer. Why should copy just the plists and prefs and refetch all the mails?

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-02 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 2 Dec 2018, at 20:32, Annamarie wrote: Well that computer went back to the seller as it wasn't charging so I get to do it over again and right when I get whatever new computer I decide on. @Bill I don't see an "export" command? With `export` (and `import`) Bill means arguments to the

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-02 Thread Annamarie
Well that computer went back to the seller as it wasn't charging so I get to do it over again and right when I get whatever new computer I decide on. @Bill I don't see an "export" command? @Benny so when I am installing MM on the new computer - do I create a Mailmate folder in application

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-02 Thread Bill Cole
On 2 Dec 2018, at 6:13, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote: On 29 Nov 2018, at 16:03, Annamarie wrote: Finally forced by Mojave to buy a new computer - I love my 2011 MacBook Air. ! Anyways I want to make sure I do this right. MM is set up with all my accounts but I want my signatures and smart

Re: [MlMt] Moving to a new computer

2018-12-02 Thread Benny Kjær Nielsen
On 29 Nov 2018, at 16:03, Annamarie wrote: Finally forced by Mojave to buy a new computer - I love my 2011 MacBook Air. ! Anyways I want to make sure I do this right. MM is set up with all my accounts but I want my signatures and smart folders. I think that if I copy the entire MM folder