[MlMt] Preferences files shared between different hosts

[Patrik Fältström]

Hi,

Of course this works if you restore from a TimeMachine, but if you want to use the old and new...

   paf

On 8 Oct 2016, at 16:46, Volker Kopetzky wrote:

> I just bought a new macbook pro and simply restored all user data from the old laptop. In regards to MailMate that was everything I needed to do. It started right away with all mailboxrs, folders and no email was missed.
>
> Best,
> Volker
>
> On 8 Oct 2016, at 16:44, Patrik Fältström wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Once again I have the need for starting use MailMate on a different host. This time because the trackpad and keyboard died on my laptop, and I have to launch a backup machine.
>>
>> And copy settings etc to that new host.
>>
>> I will copy the files by using DropBox and of course I once again thought about having settings there all the time and hard/soft links to the DropBox folder.
>>
>> I think I really would like to:
>>
>> 1. Know what files we talk about that can be copied to a different host
>> 2. Why not have them in a separate directory in the settings "hierarchy"
>> 3. Hopefully MailMate will open/do changes/read/write/close in short bursts (and not keep the files open)
>> 4. Could MailMate state(2) those files now and then, detect when files changes, and if so read the files and apps settings?
>>
>> But, many things in for example the Mailboxes.plist file include UUID's for the identification of the mailboxes. I have not digged into that too much yet, but I guess the UUID's might be different on different clients even if they are the same IMAP mailbox?
>>
>> Yes, I know the plan is to have settings stored in the IMAP server itself, but that implies you must have account settings set manually before the settings can be applied. A catch-22.
>>
>> On the other hand, there can be race conditions anyway when for example DropBox is sync:ed, MailMate started and DropBox has not sync:ed the settings, MailMate create new settings and DropBox then sync the settings...etc.
>>
>> But I think those race conditions will happen regardless of whether the settings are stored in IMAP or by some shared file system...
>>
>> So, at least I think I would like to see in the manual one page saying "if you want to start running MailMate on a new host, these are the recommended steps...".
>>
>>    paf
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