Automator workflow to download email attachments in a daily created folder
dear forum participants and apple experts: i have created an intelligent mailbox in apple mail in which mail from a certain sender which has been sent on a certain day (normally today) is filed. Would it be possible to create an automator/apple script file to download all attachments these files contain into a specific folder and to label that folder with the date (thus today's date).
I have succeeded in downloading attachments in a folder that was automatically labed with the date by using the email filter (without the detour of an intelligent mailbox) and despite the filter setting for a specific date, it always downloaded all attachments from all the dates the specfic sender has sent emails
so i have created this intelligent mailbox in the apple mail in which mail from a certain sender which has been sent on a certain day (normally today) is filed. Would it be possible to create an automator/apple script file to download all attachments these files contain into a specific folder and to label that folder with the date (thus today's date).
I have succeeded in downloading attachments in a folder that was automatically labed with the date by using the email filter (without the detour of an intelligent mailbox) and despite the filter setting for a specific date, it always downloaded all attachments from all the dates the specfic sender has sent emails.
any help would be greatly appreciated. thx a lot in advance
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