[MlMt] enhancement, I think

[Roberto Thiella]

On 24 Jul 2016, at 18:33, Robert Brenstein wrote:

> On 24.07.2016 at 17:16 Uhr +0200 Benny Kjær Nielsen apparently wrote:
>> On 21 Jul 2016, at 23:14, John D. Muccigrosso wrote:
>>>
>>> Why couldn't MM store smart-mailbox info in iCloud?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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).
>>
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> Robert
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But why not using the dropbox feature in order to sync?

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Roberto

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