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<p dir="auto">On 19 Feb 2025, at 3:27, <a href="mailto:2025.02.18.204157.8650.etamliam@sevenwells.xyz" style="color: #3983C4;">2025.02.18.204157.8650.etamliam@sevenwells.xyz</a> wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">I am trying out Mailmate based on a recommendation I received and am struggling with what seems to be a simple problem.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Thanks for trying out MailMate.</p>
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<p dir="auto">How do I change the custom folder for Messages? The manual suggests that this is a matter of changing:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Settings -> Messages Folder -> Custom Location</p>
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<p dir="auto">Well, when I make the change there to my desired directory, nothing happens.</p>
<p dir="auto">Any clue why this may be? I feel like I am missing something obvious and have spent <strong>way</strong> too much time on this lol.</p>
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<p dir="auto">My guess would be that you are trying to move the folder to a different disk. This is not supported. You should, e.g., be able to move it to your home folder: <code style="margin: 0 0; padding: 0 0.25em; border-radius: 3px; background-color: #F7F7F7;">/Users/<username>/</code></p>
<p dir="auto">If that doesn't work then write me via “Help ▸ Send Feedback”.</p>
<p dir="auto">The feature does not exist to allow you to move it to wherever you have disk space available. It exists to make file searching (and/or Spotlight) work for applications like BusyContacts and HoudahSpot. I think it's a horrible hack, but I haven't (yet) found a better way to achieve this.</p>
<p dir="auto">I recently wrote a blog post about the BusyContacts integration. Mainly because I often forget the various pitfalls myself: <a href="https://blog.freron.com/2025/busycontacts/" style="color: #3983C4;">https://blog.freron.com/2025/busycontacts/</a></p>
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Benny<br>
<a href="https://freron.com/support" style="color: #3983C4;">https://freron.com/support</a></p>
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