On Aug 2, 2006, at 9:44 PM, ruekiefer wrote:
Second question: I have the "Trash Message and attachments"
AppleScript,
but it appears to choke on these emails with the multiple GIF files
attached. It takes a VERY long time to work and then at the end
delivers
an error message that there has been an Apple event timeout. One
has to
click the error message off before Emailer and the rest of the Mac
unfreezes. The Script does trash the message and attachment, but
it is
so slow, and coupled with the error message, it would be easier
just to
do everything manually. This AppleScript used to work on other emails
all right. Any suggestions as to the current problem, which could
be an
acceptable solution to my first question, would it work.
If you are on OS X, you could set up a folder action to trash all
files ending in ".gif". That would allow you to stop using the bad
applescript in Emailer. Downside is, it will move all .gif files to
the trash, including any that are legit. However, if you set the
folder action to simply move the files to the trash, then any legit
ones, when you open the email they belong to, will still show the
attachment, and you can then choose to remove it from the trash.
The usefulness of this approach really depends on how many .GIF files
you normally get that are legit. I know in my case, I get them so few
and far between, I can count on just about all being from spam
(however I would not be able to do the same for jpegs, but
thankfully, so far, spammers aren't sending jpegs).
-chris
<www.mythtech.net>
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