Re: Pipe Mail to Yojimbo V 17

[Steven Samuels]

I overlooked the best way to get the content of the problem  messages  
into Yojimbo.  Copy & paste the content from  Mail into the note that  
was created by the script.  The date, sender and tags have already  
been added, and you can add message text to the comments, if you wish.


Steve

On Apr 13, 2007, at 12:16 PM, Steven Samuels wrote:


There are two main reasons for this revision:

* To alert users that text will not import for some rich text  
messages with attachments. In these cases, AppleScript's "content  
of message" operator returns only variants of "??". The suggested  
work-around is to forward the message to yourself after deleting  
the attachments.



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Pipe Mail to Yojimbo V 17

[Steven Samuels]

There are two main reasons for this revision:

* To alert users that text will not import for some rich text  
messages with attachments. In these cases, AppleScript's "content of  
message" operator returns only variants of "??". The suggested work- 
around is to forward the message to yourself after deleting the  
attachments.


* Version 16 gave an uninformative Applescript Error Message if no  
messages were selected.  This has been fixed.


Other changes:
* The name-content separator in Comments is changed form "___" to  
"---".  This, to my eye at least, makes the Comments line more readable.

* Some typos are corrected and the code is tweaked.
* The notes are revised. Please read them.


Script Follows below next line:
 
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(*
enhanced script to pipe selected Apple Mail messages to Yojimbo notes

Author: Steve Samuels ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
File: yojimbo17.txt
PipeMailtoYojimbo.scpt

Version : 17
Date: 2007/04/13

Besides importing messages, the script:

* Adds to message Comments:
1) the date sent (/mm/dd)
2) the name or address of sender or recipient
3) the first 60 characters of the message itself it, after removing  
returns, tabs, and most extra spaces.

(The number of characters can be reset in Script Editor.)
* Adds tags: "email" & either "in" or "out"
After running the script, a Comment will look something like:

"2007/04/08 <: NYTimes.com _Your subscription is up soon. Please  
rene"   (an incoming message)

or
"2007/04/09 >: Sam _I can't believe that you won the  
lottery"(an outgoing message)



*
MAJOR ISSUE: THE MESSAGES OF CERTAIN RICH TEXT DOCUMENTS WITH  
ATTACHMENTS WILL NOT IMPORT. THE MESSAGE CONTENT WILL SHOW AS "???"  
OR SOMETHING LIKE IT. IF THIS OCCURS, FORWARD THE MESSAGE TO YOURSELF  
WITHOUT ATTACHMENTS.

*
Notes:

1. Graphics are removed and shown as question marks, e.g. "??"

2. A message is classified as outgoing if the sender's address  
matches one of the user's addresses. If an account has been deleted,  
there is no address to match, and all messages in the account will be  
classified as incoming. To fix this behavior, create and inactivate a  
dummy account. Only the email address must be correct; the other  
settings are irrelevant.


3. You can reset the number of characters that are added to comments  
from the body of the message. The setting statement appears just  
after the "on run" command at the start of the script proper. Zero is  
a possible entry.


4. If you have selected messages in more than one Message Viewer, the  
script transfers only those from the Viewer that was opened first.


5. Changing the font of Yojimbo's item list may make the the list  
more readable. (I now use Lucinda-Grande Bold 11)


.
Credits:

Based on MailtoYojimbo Applescript by Jim Correia of Bare Bones Software
Originally posted in the Yojimbo Talk Forum: http:// 
www.listsearch.com/Yojimbo/Message/index.lasso?2169

& at //www.hawkwings.net/2006/09/04/script-to-pipe-emails-into-yojimbo/

The error dialog was copied from MailToYojimbo-v1.1 by Drummond  
Field, posted at
http://www.hawkwings.net/2007/02/05/email-to-yojimbo-script-with-pdf- 
support


The source for the minimum function was:
http://www.macresearch.org/no_need_to_parse_an_expression

The form for the shell script was based on examples at:
http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2002/tn2065.html
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/OpenSource/Conceptual/ 
ShellScripting/RegularExpressionsUnfettered/chapter_6_section_9.html



*)

on run
--SPECIFY HOW HOW MUCH OF THE MESSAGE TO ADD TO COMMENTS. IF NONE,  
SET THE NUMBER TO ZERO

set _maxcontent to 60 as integer
tell application "Yojimbo"
activate
end tell
tell application "Mail"
activate
if not (exists message viewer 1) then
display dialog "No Viewer Window is Open. Open one & select  
messages." & return with title "Error" giving up after 3 with icon 0

return
end if
tell message viewer 1
if not (exists selected messages) then
display dialog "No message was selected" & return & "Transfer  
cancelled." with title "Error..." giving up after 3 with icon 0

return
end if
set messageList to selected messages
--Now loop through messages
repeat with m in messageList
--Initialize
set _type to ""
set _contents to ""
set _name to ""
set _person to ""
set _tag to ""
set _body to ""
--Classify message as incoming or outgoing
set _count to my CountSent(m) as integer
if _count is 1 then
set _type to "outgoing"
else
set _type to "incoming"
end if
set _name to subject of m
set _contents to _contents & my generateMessageText(m)
--Set up date sent
set _date to date sent of m
set _yr to year of _date as string
set _month to month of _date as number
--Force month to format 'mm'
set _smon to _month as string
if _month < 10 then
set _smon to "0" & _smon
end if
--Force day to