Mail and Automator

Hi all,
BACKGROUND
I compose some information e-mails that I distribute to a bunch of people that are all in a group/distributionlist in my Addressbook.
I used to just create the e-mail, put my own e-mail address in the TO field and then add the whole group/distributionlist from my addressbok in the BCC field. This in order to not share other peoples e-mail addresses.
Now I've encountered the scenario that some SPAM filters do filter out my e-mails, just because they receiving e-mail is not in the TO field.
*_WHAT I WANT TO ACHIEVE_*
I would like to have an automator setup so that I just create an e-mail and point to the group/distributionlist in my addressbok and then automator creates one unique e-mail to each of the members in the group/distributionlist by putting the e-mail address in the TO field.
So, the automator needs to cycle through all the contacts in the group/distributionlist. It means that if I have 50 contacts, automater will use one e-mail and send it 50 times, one per every unique contact in the group/distributionlist.
Anyone who has an idea how to solve this??
Sincerely,
Andreas

Creating the unique email may not be achievable. Have you tried setting Mail Preferences/Composing to not show the addresses in a Group from AB, and put that in the To header? I do this, and the resulting email is shown as being addressed to Undesignated Recipients. This may not guarantee that some SPAM filter will not block, but it works for me with my Groups.
Ernie

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11. When the test is complete, quit Terminal. The results will have been copied to the Clipboard automatically. They are not shown in the Terminal window. Please don't copy anything from there. All you have to do is start a reply to this comment and then paste by pressing command-V again.
At the top of the results, there will be a line that begins with "Model Identifier." If you don't see that, but instead see a mass of gibberish, you didn't wait for the "Process completed" message to appear in the Terminal window. Please wait for it and try again.
If any private information, such as your name or email address, appears in the results, anonymize it before posting. Usually that won't be necessary.
12. When you post the results, you might see the message, "You have included content in your post that is not permitted." It means that the forum software has misidentified something in the post as a violation of the rules. If that happens, please post the test results on Pastebin, then post a link here to the page you created.
Note: This is a public forum, and others may give you advice based on the results of the test. They speak only for themselves, and I don't necessarily agree with them.
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Connect to Home Computer using Mail / iChat / Automator / Script Editor

http://screenerschoice.com/video_tutorials/ScreenSharing/ScreenSharing.html
1. Start with Automator > Choose Custom Workflow
2. Drag Launch Application into the window and choose iChat
3. With whatever account you have signed at home (you need 2 accounts), make sure it is logged on. On automator, hit the Record button and Watch Me Do will start recording. (You have to do it in this sequence and no shortcuts or it can get hung up and not continue with the script.)
4. Choose the Finder > Applications > Type iChat > Hit Apple O (for open)
5. In the iChat window for your buddy list click once on the name you want to share with
6. Then on the top menu, go to Buddies > Share my screen with ....
http://screenerschoice.com/video_tutorials/ScreenSharing/Automator.png
7. Save this workflow as an application
8. Open Applications > Applescript > Script Editor
9. Hit Record
10. Go to Finder > Then keep going through until you find the application you just created and double click on it. Then hit stop on Script Editor.
11. Save this as an application as well. Mail will run these apps, but not the Automator apps.
12. Go to mail and go to rules
13. Create a rule with a few stipulations that will trigger the script. This way, not just anyone can send a script to your computer to control it. It would have to meet all the criteria you set it. Then in the action list in the rule, go to run applescript and choose the file you created with Script Editor.
14. In mail at the other computer, it needs to be set to check mail every so often. I do mine every minute.
15. Also on that computer, the finder window needs to be open. If it is not, the script will not run properly. I don't have time to figure out a workaround for that, so in the meantime, I just open the finder window and minimize it to my dock.

Haven't tired it yet, but a thought would be to create an alias of iChat and place it on the desktop. Then save your scripts on the desktop as well. When you run everything from the desktop, you shouldn't have to have a Finder window open.

In iCal - I keep getting the error message " This calendar was created by Mail" and it will not accept any input; why..??

In iCal - I keep getting the error message “ This calendar was created by Mail” and it will not accept any input; why..??

use Disk Utility and Verify Permisions then fix and Verify Disk and fix, this should fix it.

My 10.8.3 update did not install properly citing an 'Unknown Error'. Now, my Mail and Mac App Store aren't working. What went wrong and how do i fix it ?

My 10.8.3 update did not install properly citing an 'Unknown Error'. Now, my Mail and Mac App Store aren't working. What went wrong and how do i fix it ?

I tried this and still have the same problems. If I open Address book or the Mac App Store I get the library rebuild popup and a hang. I created a fresh user and then things are better apart from the printing issue. Its clearly some 3rd party software issue but the crash logs are meningless to me. I used the excellent Etre check app from http://www.etresoft.com/etrecheck so I have a list of what is being loaded and can compare clean and crashed user info but as I cant work out which of the startup items, launch agents, launch daemons etc that are causing the problem.
I have eliminated Dropbox, Mac Keeper and Witness, and it isnt related to my exterrnal LED cinema dispay or my external thunderbolt drives, or any USB devices if thats any help to anyone else. Info from Etrecheck follows -
Kernel Extensions:
          com.oxsemi.driver.OxsemiDeviceType00          Version: 1.28.7
          com.rogueamoeba.InstantOn          Version: 6.0.2
          com.rogueamoeba.InstantOnCore          Version: 6.0.2
          com.Cycling74.driver.Soundflower          Version: 1.5.3
Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
Launch Daemons:
             [not loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist
             [not loaded] com.adobe.SwitchBoard.plist
             [not loaded] com.bombich.ccc.plist
             [not loaded] com.dymo.pnpd.plist
             [not loaded] com.intego.BackupManagerPro.daemon.plist
             [not loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProDaemon.plist
             [not loaded] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist
             [not loaded] com.orbicule.witnessd.plist
             [not loaded] com.sierrawireless.SwitchTool.plist
             [not loaded] com.stclairsoft.AppTamerAgent.plist
             [not loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist
             [not loaded]          pcloudd.plist
Launch Agents:
                 [loaded] com.divx.dms.agent.plist
                 [loaded] com.divx.update.agent.plist
                 [loaded] com.epson.epw.agent.plist
                 [loaded] com.lacie.raidmonitor.daemon.plist
                 [loaded] com.lacie.safemanager.daemon.plist
                 [loaded] com.micromat.TechToolProAgent.plist
                 [loaded] com.orbicule.WitnessUserAgent.plist
                 [loaded] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist
User Launch Agents:
             [not loaded]          .DS_Store
                 [loaded] com.adobe.AAM.Updater-1.0.plist
                 [loaded] com.adobe.ARM.202f4087f2bbde52e3ac2df389f53a4f123223c9cc56a8fd83a6f7ae.plist
                 [loaded] com.digitalrebellion.SoftwareUpdateAutoCheck.plist
                 [loaded] com.divx.agent.postinstall.plist
                 [loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist
                 [loaded] com.propaganda.dejavu.dvmonitor.plist
                 [loaded] com.valvesoftware.steamclean.plist
                 [loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Synergy
          TomTomHOMERunner
          Dropbox
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          Déjà Vu
          Flash Player
          Flip4Mac WMV
          GR-55
          Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X
          Perian
          Printopia
          TechTool Protection
          Witness

Can not get mail and messages from old phone to my new phone

can not get my mail and text messages transferred from my old Verizon Droid x2 to my LG Optimus what's the process

lock321, Let's get your information transferred! Text messages do not transfer from device to device unless you have backed the text messages up with an application on your Droid X2. Do you recall backing your text messages up using our Verizon Cloud http://vz.to/1BkRU5Tor another 3rd party app? Emails usually transfer over once you add your email account information into the LG Optimus. http://vz.to/1BkRYCK
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Mail and Safari crashing

Not until I moved to 10.5.2 have I had so many crashes and lock ups. It's as if I'm working on a PC. The problem seems to be when I'm working in mail and Safari. I know there is no solution to this problem but I thought I should post my frustration. I've switched my browser to FireFox and will see if that helps. I will also try and find a different mail client other than Mail.

Hi, Patrick.
1. You wrote: "I've long had a problem with my computer going to sleep via Energy Saver automatically - it doesn't, the screen goes dark but the hard drive continues to run. So whenever I do want the computer to go to sleep, I have to do it manually."I presume the slider for Computer sleep is not set to Never?
Check these Console logs for clues. Look for large blocks of rapidly-repeating messages being written to the logs cited in that link. This indicates a process is logging excessively, preventing sleep. Known causes of this include software distributed with Canon scanners and HP All-In-One Printer-Fax-Copier devices.
If you find large blocks of rapidly-repeating messages, post a small sample for analysis.
2. You wrote: "Shortly after upgrading to 10.4.5, every time I woke my machine from sleep the application Mail would crash, and I'd get the Report to Apple dialog box. I upgraded to 10.4.6, and now it happens with Safari and Mail - every time. Any suggestions?"Tow thoughts here:1. As a general check, run the procedure specified in my "Resolving Disk, Permission, and Cache Corruption" FAQ. Perform the steps therein in the order specified.
2. See my "Multiple applications quit unexpectedly or fail to launch" FAQ for advice on troubleshooting this issue.Good luck!
Dr. Smoke
Author: Troubleshooting Mac® OS X
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How to remove mails (and attachments) permanently?

Hi!
I just realized my Archive.mbox (~/Library/Mail/V2/Mailboxes) is quite big (8.5GB) and I decided to remove old mails with large attachments.
As I use GMail account via POP3, first I removed mails from the Google account and I freed up about 1.5GB extra space. Later, I searched for mails with attachments in Mail.app, then sorted then and started to remove and emptied the trash. This operation was quite weird as some of them where moved to the Trash folder, some not.
As I was controlling the space of the Mailboxes folder this is what I noticed:
- Archive.mbox - the size of the mbox didn't change (anyone know why?)
- Deleted Messages.mbox increases while removing another mails then decreased while wiping it out (this is what I expected)
In summary, I removed a lot of mails and didn't free up ANY space! Does anyone know how to do it properly?
Also, while googling I found out about "Mail Downloads" folder which is moved from Library to ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads. As I set "Remove unedited downloads" to "When Mail Quits" can I simply remove all subdirs from this dictionary to save some space? This folder is only used for copy of attachments, right?
Thanks for anwers,
Bart

Each IMAP account it's own Archive folder. POP accounts all share the same Archive folder.
I removed a POP account in Mail but the archive messages did not delete. You would need to move them out of the Archive folder then trash to remove if you have archived other POP account messages. However, if it's only the one account, you can manually delete this folder in the User's Library then rebuild the Mail index.
Quit Mail
Go to the User's Library folder. This folder is hidden by default. To unhide: Select the Finder in the Dock. Under Go in the Menu bar > hold down the Option key and you’ll see the Library.
Scroll to Mail folder.
Mailboxes folder stores the "On My Mac" messages. IMAP accounts store it's Archive folder in the account's folder.
In Mailboxes you'll find the Archive folder. Delete.
In the MailData folder, delete the 3 files with envelope in the name.
Open Mail and it will reindex your messages.
Let me know if this helps.

IMAP Mail and syncing with Server

So I would like to convert from POP mail to IMAP. I have created a new account in Mail and so far I have been able to receive emails no problem. The issue is that sent emails are not being saved and I cannot save drafts. I can send emails fine but I do not have any copies of them. It seems as though mail is having trouble communicating with my server. The option to save sent and drafts IS selected. After speaking to my hosting provider, the issue seemed to be in the PORT on the Advanced tab. It was set by deafult to 143. they suggested I change the port to 110 which is what they support. When I do that and then subsequently send an email, I get a SENT EMAIL folder under the SENT folder in MAIL. Same with drafts and I am able to send emails, but NOW I can;t receive them. They are being delivered to my server as I checked throught my web portal, but Mail wont bring them down.
the whole reason I am switching to IMAP is so that I can sink RECIEVED, SENT and DRAFT emails between my two computers.
Any ideas please?

the issue seemed to be in the PORT on the Advanced tab.
It was set by deafult to 143. they suggested I change
the port to 110 which is what they support.
Well, if you did that, then it should be no surprise that you cannot receive mail now. Change the port back to 143, which is what should be used for an IMAP account. Port 110 is for POP.
After changing the port back to 143, which mailboxes related to the IMAP account do you see in Mail? Where/how do you see them? Do you see a Sent Messages and/or a Drafts mailbox with a generic folder icon (i.e. other than the standard Sent and Drafts mailboxes) anywhere in the mailboxes list in Mail? Do mailboxes on the server appear as subfolders of the account's Inbox?

Mail and IMAP, random problem

I am using Mail.app to connect to an IMAP account. The IMAP account is working fine.
Yesterday morning I started a draft, then quit Mail without saving the draft. Last night I opened Mail and it just gave me the "beach ball" continuously until I force-quit the application.
Since then I have rebooted and tried again but to no avail. Is there a way to reset Mail.app or get it to abandon whatever it is doing in the background? I have a feeling that it is tied to my not saving of the draft and just quitting but I'm not sure.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Verify/repair the startup disk (not just permissions), as described here:
The Repair functions of Disk Utility: what's it all about?
Go to Apple Menu > System Preferences > Network, choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu, and make sure that the configuration used to connect to Internet appears at the top of the list.
Finally, try launching Mail under the following conditions (you may need to force quit it first if it’s running) and post back with your observations:
1. Holding the Shift key down until the main window appears.
2. With no Internet connection.

ICal, Mail and Finder times all stuck since upgrade! System clock O.K.

Very strange problem:
All of my calendar event times (in iCal), email message receipt times (in Mail), and file modification/creation times (in Finder) are listed as some time between 7:00-7:59 AM or PM, regardless of time of day! My system clock (as it appears in the menu bar) is fine!
More details:
iCal: the events still look like they're at the right times, i.e. the blocks are in the right places, with the correct spacing, etc etc, they are just labeled with times between 7:00-7:59 AM/PM. Similarly, alarms go off at the correct time. Also, in the day or week listing, the column on the left which is supposed to show times instead just says "Sat" for all times, except "Noon" (at noon).
This is continuous since upgrading to snow leopard a couple weeks ago. Seemingly no other problems besides this.
I don't know much about the OS, but I don't understand how the system clock (in the menu bar) could be fine, but every other sign of time-keeping is completely off. I just its just something about the labeling of times, instead of the actual record of them?!
I have screen shots of the problems if that might help clarify (apparently I can't attach them however).
Thanks for your help!

Hi,
Any solutions to your problems?
Just found my Mom has the same 'time stuck' problem (iMac OS X 10.6.7) Finder 'Date Modified' is stuck at 2/14/2011. Also, the Time/Date displays correctly on the Menu bar but when click on it, the drop down menu shows a gray out 2/14/2011, etc.
Much appreciated of any help. Thx.
-MasterMoo

Mail and Automator

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