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Keep DavMail running with launchd
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Keep DavMail running with launchd

Create the following file at ~/Library/LaunchAgents/net.sourceforge.davmail.agent.plist:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
	<dict>
		<key>Label</key>
		<string>net.sourceforge.davmail.agent</string>
		<key>KeepAlive</key>
		<true/>
		<key>ProgramArguments</key>
		<array>
			<string>open</string>
			<string>-W</string>
			<string>-g</string>
			<string>-a</string>
			<string>/Applications/DavMail.app</string>
		</array>
		<key>RunAtLoad</key>
		<true/>
	</dict>
</plist>

Run the id command to get your uid.

Quit DavMail, then run the following command to enable the agent:

launchctl bootstrap gui/[your uid] net.sourceforge.davmail.agent.plist

Observe that DavMail gets started automatically. You can exit and it will come back up.

Works best with the "Hide from Dock" setting enabled.

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