I’ve just written my first ever Applescript, but seem to be tying myself up in all sort of knots.
My script works fine, but I’ve got three email accounts on my Mac, and I’m struggling to get Applescript to recognise the correct one.
The email account that I want Applescript to use is the last one in the list (number three). I’ve tried:
tell account 3
and
tell account “my-email-account-name”
but it always uses the default account.
Anyone got any suggestions?
Regards
Graham
tell application "Mail"
tell account "my-email-account-name"
tell application "Mail"
account "MPH Articles"
set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:"E-mail Subject", content:"Hello"}
tell newMessage
make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:"the-recipient-email-address"}
set visible to true
(*send*)
end tell
end tell
end tell
end tell
this example from a script by Apple is quite extensive,
but it shows how to select an account to send a mail with
tell application "Mail"
set listOfSenders to {}
set everyAccount to every account
repeat with eachAccount in everyAccount
set everyEmailAddress to email addresses of eachAccount
if (everyEmailAddress is not equal to missing value) then
repeat with eachEmailAddress in everyEmailAddress
set listOfSenders to listOfSenders & {(full name of eachAccount & " <" & eachEmailAddress & ">") as string}
end repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
set theResult to choose from list listOfSenders with prompt ¬
"Which account would you like to send this message from?" without multiple selections allowed
if theResult is not equal to false then
set theSender to item 1 of theResult
end if
tell application "Mail"
set newMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {visible:true, subject:"E-mail Subject", content:"Hello"}
tell newMessage
set sender to theSender
make new to recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:"the-recipient-email-address"}
(*send*)
end tell
end tell
