script to take account offline
I need an (Apple)script to take an account offline or better all accounts. Is this possible?
Help appreciated!
Help appreciated!
Macbook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
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this particular function doesn't seem to be scriptable unless you use GUI scripting. that's pretty hateful so i would not recommend it. but you can script completely enabling/disabling an account which will of course also take it offline. to do this run
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title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
tell application "Mail"
set enabled of account "Gmail" to false
end tell</pre>
change false to true in the script to enable it again. put the name of your account instead of "Gmail" in the above.
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margin: 0px;
padding: 5px;
border: 1px solid #000000;
width: 720px;
color: #000000;
background-color: #ADD8E6;
overflow: auto;"
title="this text can be pasted into the Script Editor">
tell application "Mail"
set enabled of account "Gmail" to false
end tell</pre>
change false to true in the script to enable it again. put the name of your account instead of "Gmail" in the above.