[MlMt] Latest test release, Yosemite, Exchange IMAP, and more

[Steve Mayer]

Benny,

   So far, no issues using the 64bit version on 10.9.4.  Nice to have 
the QL plugins working again :)

-- 
Steve Mayer
smayer69 at me.com

On 29 Aug 2014, at 6:24, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> Hi MailMate users,
>
> I know I haven't replied to the most recent messages on the mailing 
> list (or direct email), but I'll get to it eventually although 
> probably not today. Right now, I just wanted to share some details 
> about the latest test release(s) before the weekend.
>
> ## Yosemite
>
> Yosemite hasn't been released yet (the rumors indicate late October), 
> but Apple released a beta for Yosemite which means MailMate already 
> has many Yosemite users (more than the number of Mountain Lion users). 
> If using the latest public or beta release (r3905/r4214) then that is 
> a bad experience (due to some issues displaying messages). It has 
> worked relatively well with the most recent test versions, but after 
> installing Yosemite last week I realized I had to work on various 
> Yosemite issues. In particular, some performance issues.
>
> Therefore, I recommend for any Yosemite users to fetch the latest test 
> release. Hold down ⌥ when clicking “Check Now” in the Software 
> Update preferences pane. Users of earlier OS'es may also notice the 
> performance improvements, for example, when scrolling in the messages 
> outline.
>
> Feedback is welcome.
>
> ## 64 bit
>
> I have been working (in parallel) on making MailMate a 64 bit 
> application. This is not as trivial as it may sound, because MailMate 
> is already pretty memory-hungry for large message stores and going 64 
> bit is not going to make that better. Therefore going 64 bit has to be 
> combined with various non-trivial optimizations. Some of that work has 
> been done, but it takes time to complete.
>
> Nevertheless, if you do not mind the memory usage and you are prepared 
> to run an **alpha** (unstable) version of MailMate then here is a 
> direct link: 
> http://updates.mailmate-app.com/archives/MailMate_r5000.tbz
>
> The revision number is **a hack** and you should not expect automatic 
> updates to work.
>
> (Technical detail: Note that if you do not have a large message store 
> then you may save some memory, because MailMate is no longer going to 
> trigger the OS to load shared 32 bit frameworks if they are not used 
> by any other applications.)
>
> Again, feedback is welcome.
>
> ## Exchange IMAP
>
> I'm regularly contacted about various issues with Exchange IMAP and 
> I've implemented a number of workarounds for server bugs. Today I 
> realized that the `AUTH=PLAIN` login method for Exchange IMAP fails 
> for some users in a particularly annoying way. It accepts the login 
> credentials and then fails on some subsequent request to the server 
> instead (with a BAD response). If you have experienced anything like 
> this then I recommend trying the following hidden preference with the 
> latest test release:
>
> 	defaults write com.freron.MailMate MmIMAPForcePlainLogin -bool YES
>
> This forces MailMate to use a different authentication method. I'm 
> very interested in knowing how widespread this issue is.
>
> Have a nice weekend.
>
> -- 
> Benny
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