Activate a Mail Rule via Applescript

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
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#1

I’ve searched and haven’t found anything that was answered, but what I’d like to do is this.

I have an IMAP account that I use with my iPhone and my MacBook Pro (running Leopard). I’ve got a Mail Rule that will move messages over 7 days old from my server to a local mailbox. The rule works great and does what I want with the exception of automation. What I’d like to do is with an apple script in iCal, run this Rule automatically in my mailbox. I guess another thing that would have to happen is a select all messages in mailbox as part of the automation. I’m currently doing that first and then “applying rules”.

Any thoughts?

#2

Hi and welcome.

An easier way is to write an AppleScript to move the messages and trigger it
by iCal, launchd or run it every time at startup.

I’m using myself a similar script as a part of a larger startup script

#3

I need help with the script, is it one you could provide or give me a link to?

#4

try something like this


tell application "Mail"
	set theMessages to (get messages of mailbox "INBOX" of account "myAccount.com" whose date received < (current date) - weeks)
	repeat with oneMessage in theMessages
		move oneMessage to mailbox "destinationMailbox"
	end repeat
end tell
#5

This works great, thanks.