[MlMt] Rules not firing - even when manually executed

[Robert Wall]

Just flagging this as solved for me. I went to do updates, and for some 
reason I was on a beta / pre-release version. Mailmate prompted me to 
downgrade, I did, and all is well.

Worth noting. :)

On 16 Feb 2021, at 10:30, Robert Goldman wrote:

> On 16 Feb 2021, at 8:14, Robert Wall wrote:
>
>>> However, if I change it to ...
>>>
>>> 1. edit rules for mailbox 'foo'
>>> 2. switch to some other mailbox (doesn't matter which one)
>>> 3. switch back to mailbox 'foo'
>>> 4. run rules manually
>>>
>>> ... then the rules work as expected.
>>
>> I just tried this, and no joy unfortunately. I even quit and 
>> re-launched.
>
>
> I have been having the exact same problem.  Interestingly, the use of 
> rules in defining smart mailboxes seems to be fine, and at least some 
> of my old rules are working. I just cannot seem to get a new rule to 
> work.
>
> I have seen anomalies in development of rules, too -- I was trying to 
> build them using tagging as the action (so I could easily see the 
> effect of a rule), I would add and then delete conjuncts to a rule and 
> this change was not idempotent: the rules would stop working with the 
> new conjunct, but would not start working again when I deleted it.
>
> I have a vague memory of Benny saying there was some way to debug the 
> rules (by enabling some kind of MM logging to the screen), but I have 
> forgotten how to do it. 😢 I think I had to toggle some preference 
> and then start MailMate from the command line...
>
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