Apple

tell application "Mail"

set tempmessageID to message id of message 1 of mailbox "* items to manually process" as rich text

set theMESSAGE to some message of mailbox "* items to manually process" whose message id is tempmessageID

end tell

tell application "Mail"

activate

set selectedMessageList to selection

if selectedMessageList ≠ {} then

set selectedMessage to item 1 of selectedMessageList

set tempmessageID to message id of selectedMessage

set tempmailbox to mailbox of selectedMessage

set theMESSAGE to some message of tempmailbox whose message id is tempmessageID

end if

end tell

Regards

Santa

On 28 Dec 2016, at 10:36 am, Christopher Stone <email@hidden> wrote:

   set selectedMessageList to selection
   if selectedMessageList ≠ {} then
  set selectedMessage to item 1 of selectedMessageList
   end if

References:
	>Mail on El Capitan – Message ID Ref Fails to Compile (From: Christopher Stone <email@hidden>)