re: visual email again
re: visual email again
- Subject: re: visual email again
- From: Adam Morris <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:39:08 +0900
Actually, setting a mail filter to reply to a message is harder than
it should be. This is due to a bug in Mail that fails (without even
throwing an error!) if you try to "make new outgoing message" inside a
mail rule. Apparently the issue is a threading one, and again is yet
another reason why Mail is so freaking hard to script.
A solution that relies on Applescript alone (apparently you can also
use launchd but I've never gotten that working), is to set up a "stay
open" applescript bundle that polls your inbox every so often looking
for unread messages that matches a particular criteria, then performs
"make new outgoing message".
I have done this and there isn't any noticeable performance hit on the
computer, but it's not the most elegant -- and even worse it isn't
even intuitive nor documented. I spent a week working on a work-around
for something that should be straight-forward! Although who ever said
programming was straight-forward?
you can do it strictly with
rules, and won't need Applescript at all
Pray tell how that works!
I am using Mac mail and set up some rule to filter mails.
I would like to run some apple script that replies automatically
with html message automatically when filtered mail is received.
Can some body assist me how to send automatic mail when ever
filtered mail is availabel in my mail box?
Does it have to be HTML mail? If not, you can do it strictly with
rules, and won't need Applescript at all.
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