[MlMt] Ghost mailboxes

[Randall Gellens]

On 25 May 2018, at 11:28, Randall Gellens wrote:

> 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.

The ghost mailboxes that I deleted from the state.plist files came back, 
no longer in red.

--Randall