[MlMt] Rebuilding cache

[Bill Cole]

On 2026-02-15 at 09:23:51 UTC-0500 (Sun, 15 Feb 2026 14:23:51 +0000)
Martin S Taylo <mailmate at lists.freron.com>
is rumored to have said:

>> On 14 Feb 2026, at 15:16, Bill Cole 
>> <mmlist-20120120 at billmail.scconsult.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> This is not a fast process. It is faster than wiping everything and 
>> re-downloading the mail.
>
> I think I’d prefer to wipe everything and re-download, no matter how 
> long it takes. So many times has MailMate synchronised with the IMAP 
> server and deleted important emails.
>
> At the moment I know the IMAP server is intact, and I’d like to 
> start MailMate from a blank sheet, as it were.
>
> How do I do this?

0. Quit MailMate.

1. Delete MailMate.app from the Applications folder. On recent macOS 
versions this also removes anything executable the app installed in 
/Library/ or ~/Library/

2. Delete ~/Library/Preferences/com.freron.MailMate.plist

3. Delete ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/

4. Reinstall MailMate.


OR, if you want to try to retain preferences, you could just delete  
~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Database.noindex and  
~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Messages. That should retain your 
accounts, mailboxes, and all other prefs.

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Bill Cole
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