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New Mail feature in 10.2.3 - Run AppleScript

The Mac OS X 10.2.3 update adds a great new feature to Mail.app: the ability to run an AppleScript as a rule action.

You can attach an ordinary Applescript as a rule action, or write a

script that uses the 'perform_mail_action' handler if you want to

access the messages that matched the rule or the rule object itself:

Example:

on perform_mail_action(info)

	tell application "Mail"

		set selectedMessages to |SelectedMessages| of info

		set theRule to |Rule| of info

		repeat with eachMessage in selectedMessages

			set theSubject to subject of eachMessage

			set theRuleName to name of theRule

			set theText to "The rule named '" & theRuleName & "' matched this

message:" & return & return & "Subject: " & theSubject

			display dialog theText

		end repeat

	end tell

end perform_mail_action



In the example, 'info' is an Applescript record with two keys: 

|SelectedMessages| and |Rule|. 
|SelectedMessages| is a list of message

objects that match the conditions for the rule. As messages are fetched

and evaluated in batches, this list may contain more than one message,

so be sure to take that into account. 



|Rule| is the rule object that

triggered the script action. (Note: We hope to have a Scripts menu in

Mail for the next major release of Mac OS X, which will extend the

perform_mail_action handler to also act on selected messages).



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