Automatically inserting Julian Date (yyD) in subject line in Mail

Question

Problem: I would like to automatically insert at the beginning of the Subject line in a new Mail message, a Julian Date, eg. 06277. The suffix to this date (yyD) is /n (where n is the sequential number commencing at 0001hrs for the given day (D).
Question: How do I achieve this? AppleScript or Automator? Further, what is either the script or the automator commands?

Answer 1

Hi Jeffrey
I've emailed the full script to you, so make sure it doesn't end up inyour Junk Mail.
Just so that others, can see, the script is;
set jDay to do shell script "date +%j"
set jYear to do shell script "date +%y"
set theSubject to jYear & jDay
tell application "Mail"
set theNewMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject}
tell theNewMessage
-- Default is false. Determines whether the compose window will
-- show on the screen or whether it will happen in the background.
set visible to true
end tell
end tell
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