<p dir="auto">On 24 Jul 2016, at 18:33, Robert Brenstein wrote:
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<p dir="auto">On 24.07.2016 at 17:16 Uhr +0200 Benny Kjær Nielsen apparently wrote:
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<p dir="auto">On 21 Jul 2016, at 23:14, John D. Muccigrosso wrote:
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<p dir="auto">Why couldn't MM store smart-mailbox info in iCloud?
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<p dir="auto">The problem is not where to store, but how to synchronize what is stored between MailMate installs. Currently MailMate cannot even detect changes made to the file storing smart mailboxes. A relaunch is needed when editing it manually.
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<p dir="auto">Using iCloud to store is also an unnecessary complication when IMAP is already known/configured and available for shared storage (and potentially cross-platform although that is not relevant in this case).
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<p dir="auto">Mailmate does sync mailboxes on a schedule and could use the same procedure to sync settings. Manual changing of local files behind the back of mailmate is something different. Mailmate could avoid relaunch by adding a menu item to reload settings, essentially doing part of the startup procedure upon user request, although I do not see a real problem with having to relaunch the program in this case.
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<p dir="auto">When using IMAP server to sync and I use let's say 8 different IMAP sources, how would MailMate choose which IMAP server to use to sync? IMAP is meant for mail handling and even syncing tags seems to have limiations. Using cloud, I believe, would be a better and cleaner solution and keep mail data and operational organization separate. You would need to decide, Benny, whether to support whatever cloud service users have (which can indeed add complications) or you can run your own central service to handle syncing. Personally, I would opt for the latter since you then control the technology. It could even involve a small annual fee. The syncing could be manually controlled by users since they know when to sync to cloud up and down, although automatic sync would be nicer (I just saw that working nicely with KeyShade).
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<p dir="auto">Robert
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<p dir="auto">But why not using the dropbox feature in order to sync?
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