On 4/24/02 9:23 PM, "Rick Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to be able to have rule actions that set the From and Reply-To > headers to a string of my choosing, and a rule that will change the > signature to one of my pre-set signatures. Then, I can easily create an > outgoing mail rule to examine the recipient, and if it belongs to any one of > several addresses, execute the appropriate actions. > I realize I can make an AppleScript to do this, but it's always so much > slower to execute a script (especially on OS X), and it seems like a > reasonable thing to do. I'm sorry but that's nonsense. The main thing that is slow about applescripts is when they are saved as Applications. Then it takes them a while to start up, just like any application. But Entourage scripts are saved and run as compiled scripts. There's nothing to start up. The other thing that is perceptibly slower in scripts with OS X is anything to do with opening windows. The sort of script you're talking about would take about 1/100th to 1/10th of a second to execute. So if you're good at making AppleScripts (you say you know how to do this), just do it. You also don't seem to be aware that Outgoing Rules act on messages _after_ they are sent - they are "Outgone" rules, "Sent Messages" rules in fact. So no, you can't do it that way. Period. It's a long standing request of many people since OE 4.5, including a high percentage of the beta testers, to get genuine Outgoing rules. It doesn't seem to be a very high priority of the developers, or it must be very difficult to implement, since it hasn't been done. -- Paul Berkowitz -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
