[MlMt] Reply to selected message with AppleScript

[Nick Renders]

Hi Benny,

Thank you for your reply and the example bundle.

The "replyMessage" action seems to do what I would like, except that the 
message isn't displayed in a new window but is instead automatically 
saved in Drafts.

Can I call bundle commands from another application than MailMate?
I tried to call your bash script from the Terminal, with MailMate open 
in the background, but nothing happened.

Thanks,

Nick


On 9 Nov 2014, at 14:12, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> 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
>
> [Arcict.mmBundle.zip]
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