[MlMt] Reply to selected message with AppleScript

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 7 Nov 2014, at 13:20, Nick Renders wrote:

> I have a question about MailMate and AppleScript.
>
> I would like AppleScript to create a Reply email to the selected 
> message
> and automatically add some text to it. I understand you can do this 
> with
> the "open location" command and setting all the necessary parameters 
> like
> "subject", "body" and "in-reply-to".

Well, that's primarily for new messages and not replies. The 
[`emate`](http://manual.mailmate-app.com/emate) command can also be used 
for this when it's more convenient.

> My question is: can I get the value for those parameters for the 
> selected
> message with AppleScript? Or is there perhaps a better/easier way to
> create a Reply email with AppleScript? I have been thinking about 
> using the
> COM+R shortcut through System Events, but that seems like bit of a 
> hassle.

The best way to do this is to use a bundle command. This is still badly 
documented (and incomplete), but it might work well enough for you. To 
help you out I've created a bundle which you should place in this folder 
(create it):

	~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Bundles/

I've added a single command named “Generate Reply”. It calls a bash 
script, but it could be any kind of script (Ruby, Python, AppleScript, 
…). It just has to return a property list specifying a `replyMessage` 
action (as also shown by my example). You can find the command in the 
“Command ▸ Arcict” menu after saving the bundle. The only 
documentation is [this mailing list 
message](http://www.mail-archive.com/mailmate%40lists.freron.com/msg02477.html).

Depending on what exactly you are trying to do, you might need more 
help, but this is a starting point.

-- 
Benny
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