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

[Scott]

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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