Mail Fail: can't get messages list

Scripting Forums AppleScript | Mac OS X
#1

This works:
(select main message in a mailbox message which has several threads in it)

tell application "Mail"
	set myList to the selection
	move (item 1 of myList) to mailbox "Deleted Messages" of account "Work Email"
end tell

The script above correctly gets the message list, but the script below which tries to just read the messages into the list with Applescript does not.

This fails:

tell application "Mail"
	set msg_list to every message of mailbox "Inbox" of account "Work Email"
        -- line below also fails:
        -- set msg_list to (every message of mailbox "Inbox" of account "Work Email") as list 
        move (item 1 of msg_list) to mailbox "Deleted Messages" of account "Work Email"
end tell

In Script Debugger 5, the Inspector window (in Explorer mode) shows little yellow triangles with exclamation points next to the individual messages here (where normally it would should a readable/writeable icon). Is this broken in Mail in Mountain Lion?

OS X 10.8.2, MacBook Pro (late 2008)

vince

#2

I suspect you have to capitalize “INBOX”. But you can look here to see how it needs to be spelled…

tell application "Mail"
	tell account "Work Email" to return mailboxes
end tell
#3

Thanks, Hank, you are exactly right.

I hate when I miss stuff like that…