Re: reading preferences from com.apple.mail under 10.8
Re: reading preferences from com.apple.mail under 10.8
- Subject: Re: reading preferences from com.apple.mail under 10.8
- From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:46:22 -0500
On Jul 31, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Rob McBroom <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hello. I’m trying to read Mail’s preferences to find a suitable SMTP server so users don’t have to re-enter such configuration details. It seems to have stopped working and I can’t find a [documented] reason.
>
> I’ve tried
>
> NSUserDefaults *mailPrefs = [[NSUserDefaults alloc] init];
> NSArray *smtpList = [[mailPrefs persistentDomainForName:@"com.apple.mail"] objectForKey:@"DeliveryAccounts"];
>
> and
>
> NSArray *mailPrefs = (__bridge NSArray *)CFPreferencesCopyValue((CFStringRef)@"DeliveryAccounts", (CFStringRef)@"com.apple.mail", kCFPreferencesCurrentUser, kCFPreferencesAnyHost);
>
> but neither return any results on a 10.8 system. My application is not sandboxed. Mail is, but so is TextEdit and I have no problem reading its prefs.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks.
This is obviously non-ideal, but in the absence of a better solution, you could use the /usr/bin/defaults program. I just tried it, and it appears to be able to read and write from Mail's defaults domain successfully.
Charles
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