[MlMt] Retrieving settings

[Steven Taylor]

Shot in the dark, but: https://zapier.com/blog/gmail-filters/ for 
advanced examples that might help further thinking.

-- 
Steven Taylor
509-280-9198
sgtaylor at taylorcomputing.biz
https://www.taylorcomputing.biz

On 14 Oct 2024, at 12:32, James Coffey wrote:

> Very true, but Gmail’s aren’t that robust for my needs, especially 
> in sorting incoming mail and sending to junk mail where someone used 
> my email by mistake (a disadvantage of an address that doesn’t have 
> #’s after it) and so I get their mail.
>
> SpamSieve works well for the normal spam and some of the misdirected 
> mail.
>
> My main use is to sort mail to folders so I know when I get certain 
> emails, such as from clients.
>
> For example, someone named Jax used my email by mistake in a job 
> application and no I get all kinds of spam for that person. A 
> standardized testing association sends me questions to review now and 
> then despite my telling them I am not the droid they are looking for.
>
> The flip side is sometimes it is interesting, like when I somehow got 
> cc’d: on a lawsuit involving a major company. I’m sure they were 
> embarrassed when I pointed out they were sending confidential papers 
> to a random third party.
>
> On 14 Oct 2024, at 15:19, Steven Taylor wrote:
>
>> Here’s another way to think about email rules:
>>
>> When I think about email rules in general, I usually think about 
>> rules that are made on the email server itself, usually through a 
>> webmail interface, rather than on the client. Server rules can work 
>> on all of your clients attached to the server, therefore only one set 
>> of rules is needed. Every client gets the benefit of those rules and 
>> you only have to write them once.
>>
>> This all depends on the power of your rules engine on your email 
>> provider. Shameless plug for Fastmail; they have a wonderful rules 
>> system. Exchange/Outlook has a pretty good rules system, though 
>> it’s multi-step.
>> -- 
>> Steven Taylor
>> 509-280-9198
>> sgtaylor at taylorcomputing.biz
>> https://www.taylorcomputing.biz
>>
>> On 14 Oct 2024, at 12:01, James Coffey wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks.  Since I messed up the files I’m jut going to start fresh. 
>>>  Probably not a bad Idea once I figure out why rules don’t work.
>>>
>>> On 14 Oct 2024, at 13:18, Henry Seiden wrote:
>>>
>>>> James,
>>>>
>>>> In the instructions, it states that you should close the MailMate 
>>>> application before installing the settings! The version should not 
>>>> matter, but to be sure, use a fresh version.
>>>>
>>>> Try it again. Recommend you start from a fresh install of MailMate 
>>>> (what version are you using, anyway?), then install the setting 
>>>> from your previous version only after shutting down MailMate 
>>>> completely.
>>>>
>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>
>>>> Henry Seiden
>>>> - -
>>>> Techworks Pro Co.
>>>> E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
>>>> W: http://techworkspro.com
>>>>
>>>> On 14 Oct 2024, at 13:08, James Coffey wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 6062.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I moved (my mistake, I should have copied) the settings MM 
>>>>> nuked them on restart.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now I can’t seem to get rules to work and am not sure what I am 
>>>>> doing wrong or if it is a bug.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14 Oct 2024, at 12:18, Henry Seiden wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> James,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oh well, I thought to suggest the most obvious. May I ask what 
>>>>>> M-M version you are upgraded to?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I had trouble using my rules using EXPERIMENTAL v6065 (latest 
>>>>>> archive). Benny had said he was aware of the issue and to wait 
>>>>>> for 6066.  No word in a month so I went to a version which worked 
>>>>>> for me, found by happenstance. It’s shown below. Been on it 
>>>>>> ever since. So you may want to consider that in your situation.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Respectfully,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Henry Seiden
>>>>>> - -
>>>>>> Techworks Pro Co.
>>>>>> E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
>>>>>> W: http://techworkspro.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My system: MailMate/6048/282BCB28-893E-51E7-891E-F3272BC540D1 
>>>>>> 15.0.1/arm64/MacBookPro18,3/10
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 14 Oct 2024, at 10:16, James Coffey wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Is there a way to retrieve settings after a fresh instal?  I had 
>>>>>>> to roll back and would like to reuse the previous long set of 
>>>>>>> rules and smart mailboxes built up over the years.  I apologize 
>>>>>>> if this is a dupe as for some reason I do not get the mailing 
>>>>>>> list posts at times.
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