[MlMt] MailMate on one machine not syncing

[Steven M. Bellovin]

On 20 Nov 2018, at 18:58, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:

> On 17 Nov 2018, at 15:13, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>
>> On 16 Nov 2018, at 19:04, Steven M. Bellovin wrote:
>>
>>> On 16 Nov 2018, at 10:10, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think it is likely to be related to the so-called app nap feature 
>>>> in macOS. I'm not sure whether or not it got “worse” on Mojave, 
>>>> but I've got some notes on what I need to change in MailMate to 
>>>> (possibly) avoid this problem. I'll note your address for testing 
>>>> such changes.
>>>
>>> Ah! I'd never even heard of that feature. Following the instructions 
>>> in
>>> https://www.lifewire.com/control-how-mac-applications-use-app-nap-2260788
>>> I've tried turning it off system-wide; I'll see if it helps, though 
>>> for all I know I have
>>> to restart MailMate after doing that.
>>
>> I don't think Apple allows it to be disabled like that any longer, 
>> but I believe I've solved the problem within MailMate now. Hold down 
>> ⌥ when clicking “Check Now” in the Software Update preferences 
>> pane to get a test release.
>>
> Installed 6130; I'll see what happens. (I was expecting to see the 
> setting in the
> app options—is that only for releases prior to Mojave?)
>
As a followup: this did completely solve my problem.


         --Steve Bellovin, https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb