[MlMt] MailMate crashes upon launch on Monterey

[Robert Brenstein]

Thank you all who responded. Let me answer all here.

To make the story short, after some checking, I removed the MailMate 
folder from the Application Support (I left the preference file as I 
checked that it does not affect anything). I fetched version 5673 from 
the /archives/ directory. It launched and created a new MailMate folder. 
I quit MM and copied all config plists from the old folder to the new 
folder. MM launched just fine and started fetching all mails. That took 
quite a while despite me being in 1GB internet connection (I do have 
some 200,000 emails in 25 accounts), but all is well.

I then fetched version 5850 and it launched fine. The layout needed a 
fix and I can’t say I care too much for the bland grayish look, but it 
works.

I then fetched 5918 to move further and noticed that the version I 
fetched from the /Archives/ is 14.6 MB whereas the version I fetched 
last week from the download page is 7,5 MB (I am talking about the tbz 
file). The one from last week is identified as 2.0 beta whereas the one 
downloaded now is 1.14. It works fine and it has a bit of a color but it 
is somewhat bland, making it harder than needed to find the correct 
mailboxes. I will look into maybe replacing icons later. For now, I am 
happy that it works.

To round up testing, I put back the original MailMate folder into the 
Application Support and now the app crashes as before. Upon quick check, 
I noticed that the folder structure have changed somewhat. Attachments 
are elsewhere for example, so it seems that indeed refetching the mails 
and having MailMate create proper set up under Monterey was the key.

Why am I using Monterey and not Ventura? The laptop I just bought came 
with Monterey and since I am moving from El Capitan, adding 1 extra jump 
does not seem like a smart idea. I am jumping quite far already. I may 
venture to Ventura later, when I get all working.

Anyway, thanks all for help!

On 21 Nov 2022, at 16:28, Glenn Parker wrote:

> On 18 Nov 2022, at 17:40, Robert Brenstein wrote:
>
>> I just got a new M1 MacBook Pro 16” and migrated all my files using 
>> Migration Assistant, including MailMate files in Application Support 
>> and Preferences, from my old computer running El Capitan and MailMate 
>> 5657. The new computer is running MacOS Monterey 12.3 and I 
>> downloaded and installed MailMate 5918.
>
> FWIW, I had more than a few problems with the results of the migration 
> assistant when I transitioned to an M1 iMac on Monterey. It grabbed a 
> lot of crufty old stuff, some of which wasn’t even M1 compatible. I 
> wouldn’t use it again.
>
> I would definitely consider re-installing MailMate from scratch. You 
> can just let MailMate resync everything, which might take a while. You 
> can restore your foldering rules and filters by copying the relevant 
> preference files, just remember to exit MailMate and save backups 
> before editing any .plist files.
>
> Have you considered upgrading to Ventura (mac OS 13.0.1)? It’s been 
> quite stable for me.
>
> Glenn P. Parker
> glenn.parker at comcast.net
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