Applescript save fails with error -10000

Question

Hi,
I'm trying to save email attachments in Applescript, but I get failures when I try to do so. Here's my little script:
tell application "Mail"
          set theMessages to selection
          repeat with thisMessage in theMessages
                    set theAttachments to thisMessage's mail attachments
                    repeat with thisAttachment in theAttachments
                              set theAttachmentFileName to "~/Desktop/temp/" & thisAttachment's name
  save thisAttachment's contents in theAttachmentFileName
                    end repeat
          end repeat
end tell
In the "Events" tab of the Applescript Editor, I see that the "save thisAttachment" line results in an error -10000:
  save mail attachment id "1" of message id 82265 of mailbox "INBOX" of account "Gmail" in "~/Desktop/temp/test.png"
  --> error number -10000
Result:
error "Mail got an error: AppleEvent handler failed." number -10000
I can't help but think that I'm running into Lion's new sandboxing trick, and it doesn't allow me to save the attachment for some reason but it doesn't tell me what the reason is. I have tried some other mail saving Applescripts floating around on the net but they all seem to run into the same problem. I've repaired parmissions, re-configured mail and tried different attachments. Same error all the time.

Answer 1

I had the same problem downloading an album - all files downloaded except one, giving the corrupted message. I saw another thread that said it worked if you disable the adware checker in your anti-virus/firewall. I use Kaspersky and disabled the anti-Banner setting - the problem file then downloaded. Strange it should only fail on one file however.