[MlMt] Custom folder for Messages

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 19 Feb 2025, at 3:27, 2025.02.18.204157.8650.etamliam at sevenwells.xyz 
wrote:

> I am trying out Mailmate based on a recommendation I received and am 
> struggling with what seems to be a simple problem.

Thanks for trying out MailMate.

> How do I change the custom folder for Messages? The manual suggests 
> that this is a matter of changing:
>
>> Settings -> Messages Folder ->  Custom Location
>
> Well, when I make the change there to my desired directory, nothing 
> happens.
>
> Any clue why this may be? I feel like I am missing something obvious 
> and have spent **way** too much time on this lol.

My guess would be that you are trying to move the folder to a different 
disk. This is not supported. You should, e.g., be able to move it to 
your home folder: `/Users/<username>/`

If that doesn't work then write me via “Help ▸ Send Feedback”.

The feature does not exist to allow you to move it to wherever you have 
disk space available. It exists to make file searching (and/or 
Spotlight) work for applications like BusyContacts and HoudahSpot. I 
think it's a horrible hack, but I haven't (yet) found a better way to 
achieve this.

I recently wrote a blog post about the BusyContacts integration. Mainly 
because I often forget the various pitfalls myself: 
https://blog.freron.com/2025/busycontacts/

-- 
Benny
https://freron.com/support
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