I've still been breaking my brain with the inconsistency of columns and
sort in MailMate. Today I discovered the state is saved in the MailMate
preferences, under `MmMailboxRelatedStates`, where *each view has its
own column settings*. This shows clearly that this is a feature not a
bug. It's an undesirable behavior for me, so I googled this and found
some old threads
[[1]](https://mailmate.freron.narkive.com/0wbncv72/mlmt-revert-to-default-columns-revert-to-different-columns-depending-on-mailbox)[[2]](https://lists.freron.com/mailmate/2017-June/008297.html)
on the mailing list that suggest I can quit MailMate, delete this
preference key by running the following `defaults` command in the
terminal, then re-configure my default view:
defaults delete com.freron.MailMate MmMailboxRelatedStates
After relaunching MailMate, I selected the top-most view of my IMAP
account, set the columns how I want, then selected “Use as Default
Columns”. This worked! It didn't apply to Drafts, Sent, or Spam
folders, but all other folders now have the default columns applied.
However, I still don't see a way to reset the sort preferences in the
same way. For example, every time I switch from Widescreen Layout to
Correspondence Layout, the list of correspondence is sorted with newest
messages at the bottom. Is there a way to set newest messages at the top
for all views, everywhere, always?
Quinn
On 2 Jan 2022, at 22:34, Quinn Comendant wrote:
On 2 Jan 2022, at 19:07, Bob Stern via mailmate wrote:
What version of MMt are you using?
I'm using version 1.14 (5853) on macOS 12.1, 2021 M1 Pro MBP.
I can reproduce this issue as follows:
1. Open my Inbox by clicking the Inbox folder icon in the left
sidebar.
2. Apply some arbitrary column settings, e.g., right-click a column
header and show UID and move it to be the leftmost column.
3. Right-click a column header and select "Use as Default Columns".
4. Navigate to a different folder (click in the left sidebar).
5. The new column settings that I saved are not displayed there. Also,
if I right-click on a column header the "Revert to Default Columns"
option is disabled.
I'm expecting an easy (or immediate, with no action required) method
to have my column settings apply to all folders.
Instead, I have to set my column preferences manually for each folder.
I've resigned to just using the basic columns that are set with
MailMate out-of-the-box, since it's too much effort to change them for
each folder individually.
Maybe I'm overlooking how it should work.
Thanks,
Quinn
On 31 Dec 2021, at 19:36, Quinn Comendant wrote:
Hi all,
I've been using MailMate a couple weeks now, so far I'm completely in
love with it.
I've encountered one bothersome behavior: when I change the view of
the message list (by selecting a different folder, doing a search, or
e.g., selecting “Find Messages From u...@example.com”, the
columns and sorting of the message list changes, forcing me to
re-configure the columns and sort.
I want a the columns Read, Flag, Tags, From, Subject, Date Received,
and Size, and I want the list sorted by Date with the newest messages
at top; but whenever I change views, the oldest message is at the
top.
I found the option when I right-click on a column header to “Use as
Default Columns” but it doesn't seem to do anything; those defaults
do not seem to propagate to the other list views.
How can I set my preferred list view settings for all list views
everywhere, forever? 🥺
Thanks,
Quinn
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