Rule with applescript does not run

Question

I made this script to get rid of special spam messages that the usual filter would detect, it's very effective, the only problem is that Mail does launch it from the rule I set up ...
Weird ! Any idea welcome ...
Fred (from France)

Answer 1

Sometime Applescript is a bit like magic - you need the right incantation. I have several scripts that are fired by Mail rules, and am posting below the skeleton I use. I store the scripts in ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Mail. I don't know if this is a requirement, but it does have the advantage of being able to run them as well from the script menu. To run them from the script menu they need the on run handler; they may run without it via a rule, but having got them working with it I am reluctant to remove it.
In the rule I put "stop evaluating rules" after the "run applescript" action.
AK
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">using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages theMsges --for rule TheRule
tell application "Mail"
repeat with ThisOne in theMsges
--your stuff goes here ...
end repeat
end tell
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
using terms from application "Mail"
on run
tell application "Mail" to set sel to selection
tell me to perform mail action with messages (sel)
end run
end using terms from
</pre>