[MlMt] Rules not firing - even when manually executed

[Robert Goldman]

On 18 Feb 2021, at 8:33, Robert Goldman wrote:

> On 18 Feb 2021, at 7:14, Robert Wall wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> I checked in response to this and I see
>
>> MailMate 5673 is the latest version available—you have version 
>> 5673.
>
> So ... Maybe that's a beta?
>
> Is there anything we should do to identify the issue in the beta so it 
> doesn't slip through into production?

Hmmm.... That doesn't look like the latest version. Wonder what's going 
wrong for me in software update? Anyone have any suggestions?
>
>>
>> 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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