[MlMt] Dipping my toe into MailMate - what will it happen?

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 17 Dec 2013, at 20:49, Ben Rubinstein wrote:

> Specifically:
> - where does MailMate store messages and its index files?

It's all here:

	~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/

Messages are here in standard format:

	~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Messages/

Database index files are here:

	~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Database.noindex/

> - when I launch the app, it offers to import accounts that it's found 
> in my current default mail client (Thunderbird).  Before I do that, 
> can I check what it will do?

MailMate only imports the IMAP account settings found and then fetches 
all the messages from the IMAP server (MailMate is fully offline and 
keeps a local copy of all messages). MailMate is IMAP only and therefore 
no messages are imported directly from Thunderbird (or Apple Mail).

> Are there any other tips to avoid grief; or more positively, 
> suggestions for how to find my way around the app, how to get the best 
> sense for it?

If you rely on having an HTML composer then note that this is not 
available in MailMate (except for simple Markdown-generated HTML). Other 
common requests are HTML signatures, correspondence view, non-strict 
threading of messages, message redirection, and probably much more.

It's easier to read the manual on the web page than using the built-in 
Help pages (at least that is my opinion): http://manual.mailmate-app.com

Thanks for considering MailMate.

-- 
Benny
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