[MlMt] Ghost mailboxes

[Randall Gellens]

On 25 May 2018, at 2:23, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 25 May 2018, at 4:03, Randall Gellens wrote:
>
>> I know this has been discussed before, but is there a way to purge 
>> ghost mailboxes?  I have some mailboxes that I told MM to delete or 
>> move into a folder.  The mailboxes are empty and in red, but they 
>> never go away and are distracting to see.  Can I manually delete them 
>> from a plist somewhere?
>
> You can quit MailMate and then edit this file:
>
> 	~/Library/Application 
> Support/MailMate/Messages/IMAP/<account>/State.plist
>
> Make a copy for me first and send it to me. Then I'll also see if I 
> can fix whatever makes these mailboxes get stuck.
>
> Maybe also try the latest test release before doing the above to make 
> sure the issue hasn't been resolved: Hold down ⌥ when clicking 
> “Check Now” in the Software Update preferences pane.
>
> ---
>
> Off topic note: I'm not going to be online much today. If something is 
> not working as it should in the test release(s) then the latest public 
> release is available here: 
> https://updates.mailmate-app.com/archives/MailMate_r5479.tbz
>
> Have a nice day.
>
> ---
>
> -- 
> Benny
> https://freron.com/become_a_mailmate_patron/



Thanks, Benny, editing the state.plist fixed it.  Sorry, I didn't try 
the test release because I had already deleted/moved the mailboxes I 
wanted to for now.  What's interesting is that when I deleted or moved a 
mailbox, sometimes it did correctly vanish, and other times it wouldn't, 
so I was left with a ghost some of the time.  I'm not sure if it is a 
timing question, such as what MM was doing at the instant I said to 
delete or move a mailbox.  I doubt it has to do with the mailbox itself, 
such as it being empty or not or length of the name, but I didn't test 
anything.  I'll send you the saved-off plist files separately and 
off-list.

--Randall
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