[MlMt] one app, 2 computers

[Zvi Biener]

This is an extremely inefficient use of resources but, this is my 
solution to the issue:

1. I have MM running on Computer 1, with its .../Application Support... 
folder synced to iCloud (can be any service, I suppose). (It "actually" 
sits in the iCloud directory, with a hard link from the Application 
Support directory.

2. I have MM running on Computer 2, set-up in the same way.

3. Two copies of MM cannot be on at the same time. I have an AppleScript 
to launch MM, which checks whether a com.freron.Mailmait.pid file exists 
in Mailmate's directory. If a file exists, MM is either already running 
locally, or running on the other machine. If Mailmate is running, the 
script activate it. If not, then the script refuses to open it. If the 
file doesn't exist, MailMate opens. I can send the script to you 
off-list if you are interested.

4. Important: the computers need to be synced before I open the MailMate 
script, but this only takes a minute or so after waking up from sleep.

5. Be aware that MailMate writes lots of data all the time, so this is 
really inefficient bandwidth use.

6. When I forget to close MailMate on one machine, I reluctantly use 
another email client. To me, the ability to sync across computer is the 
most needed feature of mailmate, but I've learned to deal with it in 
this way.

Best,
Zvi


On 3 Nov 2017, at 12:37, Alain Israel wrote:

> I am afraid the IT director here will not allow me to transfer my 
> mails to another account (especially Gmail), for 
> security/confidentiality reasons.
>
> Alain
>
> On 3 Nov 2017, at 17:30, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>
>> On 3 Nov 2017, at 11:48, Alain Israel wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, nothing is apparently designed to deal with Exchange. Means 
>>> I just have to move to another research institute where they don’t 
>>> use Exchange.
>>
>> Alternatively, you can setup the account to forward everything to a 
>> different IMAP account. Preferably something based on the Dovecot 
>> IMAP server, but Gmail also works. In MailMate, you can still use the 
>> Exchange SMTP server and your Exchange account email address. This 
>> means that your correspondents won't see any difference.
>>
>> -- 
>> Benny
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