donaldos

Q: How do I retrieve mail rules lost on upgrade to Yosemite from 10.6.8

Half of mail rules set up on previous system have disappeared on upgrade

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Aug 5, 2015 6:35 AM

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Q: How do I retrieve mail rules lost on upgrade to Yosemite from 10.6.8

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Aug 5, 2015 1:31 PM in response to donaldos
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    Aug 5, 2015 1:31 PM in response to donaldos

    Enter your backup and go to a Snow Leopard backup, the User/Library/Mail/MessageRules.plist.

  • by donaldos,

    donaldos donaldos Aug 6, 2015 4:26 PM in response to Eric Root
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    Aug 6, 2015 4:26 PM in response to Eric Root

    Hi Eric,

    Thank you for your suggestion.  I actually got the number wrong; it should have been 10.9.5 [Maverick]  However I found the plist in users/ library/ mail/ V2/ mail data.  I then went back a couple of months in time machine and found the earlier plist with all the rules.  I have tried restore and also drag and drop into today's file but without restoring rules.  I don't fully understand the procedure.  Any further advice?

    Regards,

    Don