Apple

tell application "Mail"

set theContent to the content of the front window

end tell

But it appears that there's no way to target the front window of Mail, including in the 10.6 version of Mail.

error "Mail got an error: Can’t get content of window 1." number -1728 from content of window 1

This fails as well:

tell application "Mail"
set theContent to the content of the front message
end tell

error "Mail got an error: Can’t get message 1." number -1728 from message 1

Anyone have an ideas?

The larger goal is to use an AppleScript to take various parts of a mail message (sender, content, etc.) from the front open Mail message window and copy it to a FileMaker database and then send the message. But this step has been problematic.

Worked like a charm in HyperCard, however..... ;)

TIA,
mm