This is supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, Carlos!
Thanks a lot!
On 22 Mar 2024, at 1:26, Carlos Moffat wrote:
Hi,
What I do to solve this problem is:
1) Set a smart folder that saves the messages that match the
conditions to a folder (with Rules->Export to Folder).
2) Use the app Hazel to watch that folder, and when new messages are
added, run a python script that extracts the attachment. I think this
could be done with a macOS service as well, or with Keyboard
Maestro’s ‘folder’ trigger.
3) Hazel then moves the processed message to a subfolder called
‘processed’.
the python code (which I call ‘get_email_attachments.py’) is
pretty simple, copied below.
Cheers,
Carlos
#!/usr/bin/env python
import email
import sys
import os
import time
listing = sys.argv
for fle in listing:
if str.lower(fle[-3:])=="eml":
msg = email.message_from_file(open(fle))
attachments=msg.get_payload()
date=email.utils.parsedate_to_datetime(msg['Date']).strftime('%Y.%m.%d')
for attachment in attachments:
fnam=attachment.get_filename()
if fnam is not None:
content = attachment.get_payload(decode=True)
outname = date + '-' + fnam
print(outname)
f = open(outname,'wb')
f = f.write(content)
On 12 Feb 2024, at 4:36, Scott wrote:
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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