[MlMt] How to create a Mailbox Rule which extracts attachments

[leo]

This is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Carlos!

Thanks a lot!

On 22 Mar 2024, at 1:26, Carlos Moffat wrote:

> Hi,
>
> What I do to solve this problem is:
>
> 1) Set a smart folder that saves the messages that match the 
> conditions to a folder (with Rules->Export to Folder).
>
> 2) Use the app Hazel to watch that folder, and when new messages are 
> added, run a python script that extracts the attachment. I think this 
> could be done with a macOS service as well, or with Keyboard 
> Maestro’s ‘folder’ trigger.
>
> 3) Hazel then moves the processed message to a subfolder called 
> ‘processed’.
>
> the python code (which I call ‘get_email_attachments.py’) is 
> pretty simple, copied below.
>
> Cheers,
> Carlos
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> import email
> import sys
> import os
> import time
>
> listing = sys.argv
>
> for fle in listing:
>     if str.lower(fle[-3:])=="eml":
>         msg = email.message_from_file(open(fle))
>         attachments=msg.get_payload()
>         date=email.utils.parsedate_to_datetime(msg['Date']).strftime('%Y.%m.%d')
>         for attachment in attachments:
>             fnam=attachment.get_filename()
>             if fnam is not None:
>                 content = attachment.get_payload(decode=True)
>                 outname = date + '-' + fnam
>                 print(outname)
>                 f = open(outname,'wb')
>                 f = f.write(content)
>
>
>
>
> On 12 Feb 2024, at 4:36, Scott wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>> No, I haven’t found a solution yet.
>>>
>>> Maybe it is possible to develop a bundle which extracts attachments 
>>> to folders?
>>>
>>> But good to know I’m not alone here with this need….
>>
>> I have a similar need, and I almost found a solution...using Keyboard 
>> Maestro.
>>
>> I don't want to do it all the time for every message that arrives in 
>> a specific mailbox, so, not quite the same use as you and Stefan.
>>
>> Instead, I have a selection of messages that I want to extract the 
>> attachments from to a specific folder.
>>
>> I created a Keyboard Maestro macro to select all of the messages in 
>> that mailbox, and then select the Message -> Save Attachments 
>> shortcut in MailMate.
>>
>> Unfortunately, this is where things start behaving unpredictably.
>>
>> In the panel that appears, if you type a path (there is no text input 
>> area, but if you just start typing as if you're typing a 
>> path/directory), then the panel for saving the attachments will 
>> change to that directory.
>>
>> That's a macOS feature, not MailMate.
>>
>> But however Keyboard Maestro types text doesn't always play nicely 
>> with this process (I've tried all of the ways KM has).
>>
>> I suspect that if I had the KM Macro run some AppleScript that sent 
>> text more like a person typing, it may work, but, I've not tested 
>> this.
>>
>> Not quite the fully automated way that you want to do things, but, 
>> I'm nearly there with this approach.
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Leo
>>>
>>> On 26 Jan 2024, at 19:25, Stefan Dorscht wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Leo
>>>>
>>>> Is there a solution for your request?
>>>>
>>>> I have a similar request here, I would like to export attachments 
>>>> from mails (with one or more attachments - some without attachments 
>>>> which shouldn’t be touched) to folders on my Mac.
>>>>
>>>> It would be ideal if all the attachments of each mail were placed 
>>>> in a single new folder.
>>>> It would be even better if this folder then also had the name of 
>>>> the sender of the mail.
>>>>
>>>> Any hints?
>>>>
>>>> I am gratefuil for any help
>>>>
>>>> Stefan Dorscht
>>>>
>>>> Am 13.09.2023 um 5:39 Uhr schrieb leo:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there
>>>>>
>>>>> From some incoming mail messages is there a way to extracts its 
>>>>> attachments to a folder?
>>>>>
>>>>> I am thinking of setting up a Smart Mailbox, but in the *Actions* 
>>>>> for the Mailboxes _Rules_ I couldn’t find anything which acts on 
>>>>> attachments…
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks for any help,
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