Export mail message as PDF Applescript for mail rules

I have looked everywhere for this and found nothing. I don't have 40 hours to learn applescript myself but from the little I do know this should be possible. Probably easy.
I want to created an applescript to run as a mail rule. I want the script to export the message as a PDF and move that PDF to a specified folder. Hazel can take it from there.
for instance:
Fedex sends me a email message that my shipment has been delivered.
mail rule kicks in and runs the script
script creates a PDF of the message
message is moved to "fedex delivered" folder

I found a workaround, though there must be something neater.
I added this before my script
tell application "System Events"
          tell process "Mail"
                    tell menu bar 1
                              tell menu bar item "View"
                                        tell menu "View"
                                                  tell menu item "Sort By"
                                                            tell menu "Sort By"
                                                                      click menu item "Subject"
                                                            end tell
                                                  end tell
                                        end tell
                              end tell
                    end tell
          end tell
end tell
then the same except "Date" instead of "Subject".
My script does what i want now.

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on error
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end repeat
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sorry but your suggestion did NOT work. Here is what I wrote and it did NOT make a difference the script will NOT generate an outgoing message.
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activate
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end if
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