Move a message in a specified mailbox

[jmmermet]

Here is what I try to do with a selected message :

tell application "Mail"
	move the selected messages to mailbox "BRAIN"
end tell

but I get the following message : NSCannotCreateScriptCommandError

Could you help me to fix my script please ?

Thanks a lot

[jonn8]

Try:

–Open this script in a new Script Editor window.

tell application “Mail” to set mailbox of selected messages to mailbox “BRAIN”

Jon

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[jmmermet]

I get the same error

[jonn8]

OK, this is tested code:

–Open this script in a new Script Editor window.

tell application “Mail”
set the_selection to (get selection)
if class of the_selection is not list then
return
else if (count of the_selection) is 0 then
return
else if class of item 1 of the_selection is not message then
return
end if
set target_mailbox to “BRAIN”
try
get mailbox target_mailbox
on error
activate
set the_mailboxes to name of mailboxes
set target_mailbox to (choose from list the_mailboxes) as string
if target_mailbox = “false” then return
end try
move the_selection to mailbox target_mailbox
end tell

Jon

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[jmmermet]

ok, it works fine !

thanks a lot

[jmmermet]

I applied a shortcut to this script (see at http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20040618161426854 ) and when I select a mail and type the shortcut, the mail goes to the specified mailbox.

Perfect, but… the next mail is not selected so I have to use the mouse again to select the next mail.

My goal is to use shortcuts to avoid using my mouse…

Thanks a lot to help me a little bit more. Applescript is really much more complicated than what I thought but I really want to learn it

[jonn8]

I haven’t updated this in a while and I haven’t tested with the latest version of Mail.app, but you can take a look at my MailMover script on my site:

http://homepage.mac.com/jonn8/as/

It should offer some insights to your situation.

Jon

[jmmermet]

Thanks again. I did not know your website. I will study your script to find a solution