Using rules to automatically save attachments in Apple Mail...

Question

Every time I get an attachment of a certain type from a certain person, I need to automatically save the attachment and run a script on it. Using Apple Mail, I've got the script part worked out, but I still need to automate the saving part... any ideas?

Answer 1

If it is going to be called from Mail rules, it would need to be wrapped properly. Here is the script it came from. You would'nt need the on run handler.
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
set theAttachmentPath to (path to desktop) as text
tell application "Mail"
repeat with ThisMessage in theMsges
set Attached to mail attachments of ThisMessage
repeat with ThisAttach in Attached
set FileName to name of ThisAttach
save ThisAttach in theAttachmentPath & (FileName)
end repeat
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
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