Automator and replying to emails

I have students submit assignments in email. When I get the assignment I like to reply with a simple "Got it" in the text to let them know I did receive the assignment. I would like to make Automator or Applescript make this less typing intensive when I have a couple hundred of these to handle. I would like to be able to run an action or script that would reply to the front-most message and put "Got it" in the text and then send the message. I have a default signature, so I assume that would get included. Can anyone point me in the direction I need to go. I have played around with both but have not found the correct avenue of approach. Thank you in advance for any advice you can offer.

jzents,
Try this either as an AppleScript or an AppleScript
action within Automator. This will work with either a
selected email in the browser or the frontmost window
of Mail. The way I have my preferences the signature
didn't seem to automatically appear so I have added a
small section to add it below the "Got it" just
incase you find the same. Adjust the content as
needed.
click here to
open this script in your editor<pre
style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier,
monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background:
#DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px;
width:400px">property mySignature : "Firstname
Lastname" & return & "Street Address" &
return & "City, State/Province" & return
& "Zip/PostalCode Country"
tell
application "System Events"
tell process
"Mail"
set frontmost to true
click menu
item "Reply" of menu 1 of menu bar item "Message" of
menu bar 1
keystroke "Got it" & return
& return & mySignature & return
click menu item "Send" of menu 1 of menu bar item
"Message" of menu bar 1
end tell
end
tell</pre>
PowerBook 12"
Mac OS X (10.4.7)
I say! I say! That script is wonderful. I would have never guessed that I needed to embed the tell Mail inside the tell system events. I also had no idea how to tell what was the menu calls to use. I really appreciate it, not only does it do it if the message is open in a window of its own, but even if the message is selected. Thank you very much! Cheers!

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