Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
- Subject: Re: OS 10.2 & Mail scripting has introduced a new wrinkle
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 16:16:16 -0400
On 08/18/2002 14:06, "Rob Jorgensen" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> Right, because as it stands now, Mail is pretty well pooched for automation.
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> The idea with servers of any kind is that they should sit in the corner and
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> not need daily checking. That's what SNMP and network monitoring is for. But
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> with Mail, you have to do this, because if the app quits, or the machine has
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> to reboot, you can't just log it in and be done with it, you have to wait
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> for mail to start and the script to run, so you can dismiss the dialog.
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Maybe Mail shouldn't be used on a server. <shrug>
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I've lost track of what it was that started this thread. Would a
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(scriptable) mail server be more appropriate for whatever it is that
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you're trying to accomplish?
Not really, and there are a lot of reasons to use an email client in an
AppleScript workflow. A mail server with the same level of email scripting
as you see in Eudora and Entourage would work in their place, but again, if
you have the silly warning dialog, that wouldn't work either.
john
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