Using AppleScript to save Mail messages?

I'm a bit of an Applescript newbie, but I'm trying to attach an AppleScript to a rule in Mail to automatically save the raw text source of certain mail messages to a folder, where I can further process them.
Here's what I have so far. It compiles, is saved in my Mail scripts folder, and It is attached to the rule in Mail, but I get no evidence that it runs (no output file(s), no dialogs, no messages in the console or system logs).
using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages theMessages
tell application "Mail"
repeat with eachMessage in theMessages
save the source of eachMessage in "hd/Users/me/Desktop/slash.txt" as text
save the source of eachMessage in "hd:Users:me:Desktop:colon.txt" as text
end repeat
end tell
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
Any suggestions?
G4 "Gigabit" Dual-500 Mac OS X (10.4.8) 1.5GB RAM, 1TB internal, SCSI, 802.11g, USB2.0

Hi 0g,
Automator is pretty simple compared to AppleScript. I use Automator, but I certainly could not help you with AppleScript! So I'm not sure you will find your answer here... You might, but why don't you increase your chances by posting in the AppleScript Forum here: http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=724
(You probably didn't see that one as it is hidden in the Mac OS X Technologies Category!)
Good luck!
Guylaine
Mac mini Intel Core Duo 1.66 GHz 512MB DDR2 SDRAM Mac OS X (10.4.8) G4 Digital Audio Mac OS 9.2.2, iPod nano 1GB, iPod nano 4GB

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Message was edited by: stephen.bradley Typos for the win!

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set theText to content of theMessage
if theMessage's mail attachments is not {} then
repeat with theAttachment in theMessage's mail attachments
set theFileName to pathToAttachments & (theMessage's subject) & " (Attachment From " & (theMessage's sender) & " Sent " & d_recd & ")" & space & theAttachment's name
try
save theAttachment in theFileName
on error errnum
end try
end repeat
end if
set theFile to ptd & (theMessage's subject) & " (From " & (theMessage's sender) & " Sent " & d_recd & ")" & ".txt"
set theFileID to open for access file theFile with write permission
write theText to theFileID
close access theFileID
end repeat
end tell
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
on ReplaceText(theString, fString, rString)
set current_Delimiters to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to fString
set sList to every text item of theString
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to rString
set newString to sList as string
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to current_Delimiters
return newString
end ReplaceText</pre>

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