On or near 2/26/01 2:47 PM, Wes Plate at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:
> I have emails that arrive, and I'm not at all interested in reading them,
> but contained in the email is important data that I DO want to save to a
> database.
>
> I've been looking for a script that does this, and I haven't had a lot of
> luck.
>
> The data would be saved, say Tab-Delimited, to a file, either a TEXT file or
> a FileMaker database (though I wouldn't want to be interrupted by FileMaker
> launching). And it is automatic, so I can set up a run that says, if this
> message arrives, mark it read, add its sender to this group in the address
> book, file the message away in this folder, and use this script to save the
> data in the message to this file.
>
> Does such script exist?
>
There is a script that will save an incoming message as a text file ("Save
as text file w/o prompt"). All the rest can be done with standard actions
within a mail rule, which can then invoke the script to save the message.
You can download the script here:
<http://applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=197>
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