[MlMt] How to stop mailmate indexing the entire mailbox

Seamus Phillips seamus.phillips at gmail.com
Tue Mar 17 17:47:33 EDT 2020


You could delete the mailbox (or change conditions) from mailboxes.plist file in ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate

Make a backup of the file first incase you mess it up!

seamus.phillips at gmail.com

> On 17 Mar 2020, at 18:32, Rob Willett via mailmate <mailmate at lists.freron.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've just tried to add a new condition to a Smart Mailbox.
> 
> The Mailbox already has seven From: domains and To: Domains and is specific for my company email.
> 
> I added a new entry, a new From domain and it's not clear whether I accidentally pressed enter with a blank value or it started indexing by itself, but Mailmate is now simply spinning around, indexing I presume 10,000's of mail's for the new Smart mailbox.
> 
> Killing the application and then restarting it doesn't help as I can't edit the mailbox before it starts indexing or whatever again.
> 
> I do have 32GB on the Mac so it might eventually complete successfully, but I've been watching it with interest and amusement for the last 15 mins.
> 
> Is there a way to start Mailmate up without it hanging?
> 
> A quick response appreciated as it's still running.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Rob
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