Checking for new mail in mail.app

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#1

This is a really dumb question , but I’m stuck.

I’ve got a simple script which opens a dial-up connection, checks for new mail in mail.app, closes the connection and reports some results. But: I can’t figure out a simple way of determining when the download of new mail is complete, in order to trigger the

tell application "Internet Connect" to disconnect configuration config_name

statement. The “check for new mail” command in mail.app doesn’t seem to create a result. And my clunky alternative (using bytes received of status of state of configuration, etc.) fails to distinguish between mail and other downloads!

Is there a simple way to monitor when mail.app has completed downloading mail??? Suspect I’m overlooking something very obvious…

#2

The Mail application has a property which might be useful. I don’t know if it is a good indicator or not.

background activity count integer [r/o] – (inherited from the application class)
Number of background activities currently running in Mail, according to the Activity Viewer.

set bgCount to 1

repeat until bgCount is 0
	tell application "Mail"
		set bgCount to background activity count
	end tell
	delay 10 -- seconds between checks
end repeat

if bgCount is 0 then
	display dialog "Nothin' happenin' in Mail." -- for demo only
	-- tell application "Internet Connect" to disconnect configuration config_name
end if

– Rob (a Eudora user)

#3

Brilliant. Perfect. Thanks Rob – much appreciated.

#4

Here is the result and I thanks the help
================== HERE IS THE SCRIPT ====
set bgCount to 1 – Va servir de compteur d’activité

tell application “Internet Connect” – Activation de la connexion Internet pour le compte actif
activate
activate
connect

tell application "Mail" -- Ouverture de l'application Mail
	activate
	check for new mail -- test de l'existence de nouveaux mails
	
	repeat until bgCount is 0
		-- check for new mail -- test de l'existence de nouveaux mails -- mieux en dehors de boucle ???
		delay 10 -- entre chaque appel de  check for new mail
		set bgCount to background activity count -- s'il n'y a plus d'activité, alors mettre le drapeau à 0
	end repeat
	
	quit application "Mail"
	
end tell

disconnect application "Internet Connect"
quit application "Internet Connect"

end tell
=============== End Script ====
:smiley:

#5
#6

I’m glad it worked. :slight_smile:

#7

Thanks to be glad. I am glad too.
THIS IS MY FIRST USE MACSCRIPTNER AND VERY BEAUTIFUL.
Have everything good

Jacques :smiley: