[MlMt] Running MailMate simultaneously in two locations

[Glenn Parker]

I use MailMate on two computers in two physically separate locations. 
Each instance of MailMate uses a similar set of rules on my primary 
INBOX to relocate certain incoming email into dedicated folders. For 
example, the messages from this MailMate forum are directed into a 
MailMate folder. I realize there are other ways to manage this kind of 
thing in MailMate (isolating messages from email lists), but use a less 
sophisticated email client on my Android devices (AquaMail), and this 
style yields a fairly comfortable workflow for me across all my devices.

I have found that I must be careful to avoid running my two MailMate 
instances at the same time. Otherwise they seem to get into a fight over 
who is going to execute the INBOX rules. When this happens, it typically 
generates a bunch of seemingly dire error messages from MailMate, and 
eventually causes MailMate to take one or more folders off-line.

My points here are two-fold. First, if you try the same thing, don’t 
be too surprised if you run into some complications. So far, this has 
not resulted in any loss of email for me, but having a folder quietly go 
off-line while you’re not looking can be confusing.

Second, I’d like to ask if MailMate could be more forgiving when it 
runs into this particular situation. That is to say, when moving 
messages between folders using automatic rules, if a message 
“disappears” during the operation, allow this to be treated as a 
soft error that can generate an (optional) warning, but don’t take any 
folders off-line.

Glenn P. Parker
glenn.parker at comcast.net
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