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applescript
shakerz
shakerz

Reputation: 224

Get mail subject using applescript

I'm writing a script using the Mail applescript template (File > New from template > Mail > Mail Rule Action.scptd) but it doesn't seem like the examples in the template are working

using terms from application "Mail"
      on perform mail action with messages these_messages for rule this_rule
                tell application "Mail"
                          set the message_count to the count of these_messages
                          repeat with i from 1 to the message_count
                                    set this_message to item i of these_messages
                                    try
                                              set this_subject to (subject of this_message) as Unicode text
                                              if this_subject is "" then error
                                    on error
                                              set this_subject to "NO SUBJECT"
                                    end try
                            say this_subject
                          end repeat
                end tell
      end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

It says "no subject" even if the message has a subject. I'm using OS X 10.7.2 and Mail 5.1. Any suggestions?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 5738

Answers (2)

Kristin
Kristin

Reputation: 21

I have this working under 10.8.2 (Mail 6.2) if it helps at all? This is the code I'm using:

using terms from application "Mail"
    on perform mail action with messages theMessages for rule theRule
        tell application "Mail"
            repeat with eachMessage in theMessages
                try
                    set this_subject to subject of eachMessage
                    if this_subject is "" then error
                on error
                    set this_subject to "No subject."
                end try
                say this_subject
            end repeat
        end tell
    end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from

Hope that helps?

Upvotes: 2

Sojourner
Sojourner

Reputation: 66

Try adding delay 3 under set this_subject to (subject of this_message) as Unicode text. It may be that Mail doesn't have time to process the message to get the subject line before moving to the next command.

If this works, you may not need 3 seconds. You can experiment with decreasing the delay time. Note that you can use decimals, as in 1.8.

Upvotes: 1

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