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macOS Sonoma Removes Support for Mail Plug-ins Like MsgFiler

The time has finally come to say goodbye to macOS Mail Plug-ins. macOS 14 Sonoma has removed support for Mail Plug-ins like MsgFiler. I wrote an extensive blog post on the history of Mail Plug-ins and MsgFiler on my personal blog.

In the coming months, I will communicate more with the MsgFiler community on what will happen with the app. It will continue to work as-is on macOS Big Sur and below. But be warned that if you upgrade to Sonoma, MsgFiler will cease to function as-is.

This is your opportunity to email Apple at: mail-app-extensions@apple.com and encourage them to do one of two things:

  • Enhance the Mailkit framework so developers like myself can get a list of mailboxes and file messages programatically.
  • Incorporate the functionality of MsgFiler directly in the macOS Mail client itself.

MsgFiler has been around since 2006, nearly 17 years! That’s a long time for a piece of software to be in existence. I hope it has saved you countless hours and days from manually moving messages from the inbox to your nested mailboxes. It certainly has for me. I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do without it! Thank you for your support over the years!

MsgFiler Plugins Updated for macOS Monterey 12.3

If you have upgraded to macOS Monterey 12.3, your MsgFiler mail plugins may have been disabled. If so, please upgrade to the latest versions of the plugins:

  • MsgFiler Engine: Version 1.6.2 works with macOS 12.3. This is the plugin you should install if you are purchased MsgFiler from the Mac App Store.
  • MsgFiler Classic: Version 2.6.2 works with macOS 12.3.

If you are running a previous version of macOS, such as Big Sur, Catalina or Mojave, you should not need to do anything.

MsgFiler Plugins Updated for macOS Monterey 12.1

If you have upgraded to macOS Monterey 12.1, your MsgFiler mail plugins may have been disabled. If so, please upgrade to the latest versions of the plugins:

  • MsgFiler Engine: Version 1.6.1 works with macOS 12.1. This is the plugin you should install if you are purchased MsgFiler from the Mac App Store.
  • MsgFiler Classic: Version 2.6.1 works with macOS 12.1.

If you are running a previous version of macOS, such as Big Sur, Catalina or Mojave, you should not need to do anything.

MsgFiler Plugins Updated for maOS Big Sur 11.2

If you have upgraded to macOS Big Sur 11.2, your MsgFiler mail plugins may have been disabled. If so, please upgrade to the latest versions of the plugins:

  • MsgFiler Engine: Version 1.5.3 works with macOS 11.2. This is the plugin you should install if you are purchased MsgFiler from the Mac App Store.
  • MsgFiler Classic: Version 2.5.3 works with macOS 11.2

If you are running a previous version of macOS, such as Catalina or Mojave, you should not need to do anything.