Any way to force attachments download from server before resuming the AppleScript?

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#1

Is it there any way to force attachments download from server before resuming the AppleScript? The problem is that until you physically open the mail message, it doesnt completely download the attachments and, consequently, any AppleScript intended to save the attachments in any place, would fail and in fact, fails

#2

Mail attachments have a downloaded property that tells you if they’ve been downloaded or not, but there’s no specific way I can see to force it if, other than directly saving it to disk (which kind of requires its downloaded from the server first).

#3

Just get it. It is a boolean. If true then proceed, if false then wait and try again.

#4

Wow! Why I didn’t think about this!. Great idea. Thanks Camelot
Notwithstanding, I lazily have asked ChatGPT how to save the message, sending a copy of my complete script and telling your idea, and surprisingly, it has perhaps(?) improve the trick. Hasn’t it?

tell application "Mail"
	set theMessages to selection
	set mercadonaTicketsFolder to POSIX file "/Users/me/Documents/documentos/€/Mercadona/" as alias
	tell application "Finder" to open mercadonaTicketsFolder
	
	repeat with theMessage in theMessages
		-- Forzar la descarga accediendo al contenido del mensaje
		set messageContent to content of theMessage
		
		-- Ahora procesamos los adjuntos
		repeat with theAttachment in theMessage's mail attachments
			try
				set originalName to name of theAttachment
				set savePath to (mercadonaTicketsFolder as rich text) & originalName
				save theAttachment in file savePath
				set read status of theMessage to true
			on error errMsg
				display dialog "Error guardando adjunto: " & errMsg buttons {"OK"} default button 1
			end try
		end repeat
	end repeat
end tell