Re: Simple Mail Script Not Working

Subject: Re: Simple Mail Script Not Working
From: Kevin Bradley <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 04:27:15 -0500

Ken,

Here's a script I use to announce the subject lines of emails as they come in. I think you can modify it for your use:

using terms from application "Mail"

on perform mail action with messages theMessages for rule ruleName

--we'll use a try block and catch any errors, since Mail doesn't report errors in applescripts

set theVol to get volume settings

set readAloud to not (output muted of theVol)

if readAloud then

try

copy theMessages to messageList

set messageCount to (length of messageList)

tell application "Mail"

if messageCount is 0 then

set theText to "No messages selected."

say theText

else

repeat with aMessage in messageList

set theSubject to (the subject of aMessage) as text

set theBox to (name of account of mailbox of aMessage) as text

set theText to (theBox & space & theSubject) as text

say theText

end repeat

end if

end tell

on error the error_message number the error_number

display dialog "Error: " & the error_number & ". " & the error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1

end try

end if

end perform mail action with messages

end using terms from

Also, you should use a try...on error block for at least some part of your code because Mail won't report scripting errors if your script crashes. You will need to intercept errors yourself and give yourself an error dialog to find out what is happening.

Kevin Bradley

email@hidden

http://macscripter.net

On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:02 PM, email@hidden wrote:

Message: 4
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 13:47:48 -0400
From: Ken Tozier <email@hidden>
Subject: Simple mail script not working
To: Applescript-Users <email@hidden>
Message-ID: <email@hidden">email@hidden>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed

Hi

It's been awhile since I used Applescript and I'm having trouble with
a simple mail script test. Basically, what I want to do is run a
script when emails with a specific subject line arrives but the
script doesn't seem to get called.

Here's what I did
- Set up a rule in the Mail prefs with the settings:
Subject contains testing123
Run Applescript: "/Library/Scripts/Mail Scripts/testing123.scpt

- Send a message to myself with the "testing123" subject line
- Result: Nothing

Here's the script could someone point out what I'm doing wrong?

using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages selectedMessages
-- activate -- tried this both commented and uncommented, no
difference
repeat with aMessage in selectedMessages
display dialog aMessage
end repeat
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

Thanks for any help

Ken

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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 14:16:15 -0400
From: Ken Tozier <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Simple mail script not working
To: Applescript-Users <email@hidden>
Message-ID: <email@hidden">email@hidden>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed

Yikes! The "RunApplescript" rule seems to be extremely buggy. It
crashes Mail instantaneously whenever it gets an email. I actually
had to go into my mail folder through Comcast, delete the message,
launch Mail and delete the rule before Mail became stable again.

Guess it's not ready for prime time. I sent the crash log to Apple.

On Aug 30, 2007, at 1:47 PM, Ken Tozier wrote:

Hi

It's been awhile since I used Applescript and I'm having trouble
with a simple mail script test. Basically, what I want to do is run
a script when emails with a specific subject line arrives but the
script doesn't seem to get called.

Here's what I did
- Set up a rule in the Mail prefs with the settings:
Subject contains testing123
Run Applescript: "/Library/Scripts/Mail Scripts/testing123.scpt

- Send a message to myself with the "testing123" subject line
- Result: Nothing

Here's the script could someone point out what I'm doing wrong?

using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages selectedMessages
-- activate -- tried this both commented and uncommented, no
difference
repeat with aMessage in selectedMessages
display dialog aMessage
end repeat
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

Thanks for any help

Ken

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