Mail app + AppleScript

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Mail app + AppleScript

Hi everyone!

I have a script which takes attachment from mails of iCloud account mailbox and save them to destination folder. All works perfect!

Today I imported my Microsoft Windows Outlook 2010 mail file .PST in Mail.app. It's saved to "On my Mac". But, when I call from script this path I have error message.

in first case I have this code and in work fine:

tellapplication"Mail"

settheMessages to messages of mailbox "INBOX" of account "iCloud"

repeat with aMail in theMessages

-- other part of code

----------------

end tell

When I try to access to "On my Mac" path it crashes:

ell application "Mail"

set theMessages to messages of mailbox "Imported" of ( on my mac)

Is anyone can help to make correct request to "Imported" mailbox?

Posted on Mar 27, 2019 12:42 PM

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Answer 1

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Camelot

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Mar 28, 2019 12:47 PM in response to максимfromтула

Oh, my bad - Mailboxes that are 'on my Mac' are not associated with any specific account, so you can just:

tell application "Mail"

get every mailbox

end tell

and you should be able to reference the message by simple mailbox name (without any 'account' data)

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Camelot

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Mar 28, 2019 11:01 AM in response to максимfromтула

No one here can tell you specifically what to write because everyone's Mail setup is slightly different.

However, if you run this script in Script Editor:

tell application "Mail"

get every mailbox of every account

end tell

You will get a list of all the mailboxes for all accounts - a quick dig through the account should be all that's needed to find the specific reference that Mail.app can use.

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Answer 3

Mar 28, 2019 11:27 AM in response to максимfromтула

thanks for advice. This tip is good to understand how much mailboxes and accounts I have in mail.app. But problem still need to solve. In list of accounts are only iCloud account, whose don't consist target mailbox. I'am really don't understand in what place messages from other mailboxes imported. Here is screenshot of importing proccess in my Mac OS.

And here result of request in AppleScript after importing target mailbox and running script

Is there any tips to get name of imported mailbox?

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Answer 4

Mar 28, 2019 1:11 PM in response to Camelot

Thank's. it's work. where did you find this information? (about unassociated mailboxes)

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