Re: Applescript: referring to selected email in Mail

In article <1hanbej.g6dswt14ncbaaN%me3@xxxxxxxxxxx>, zoara
<me3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Okay, so this should be dead simple but I just can't work it out, and
nowhere on the web seems to have a script that does this.

"dead simple" is never a phrase that comes to mind when I'm dealing
with AppleScript.

How do I refer to a message (and/or number of messages) that are
selected in Mail? I have a bunch of actions I want to perform on a given
email(s) but can't refer to them! For example's sake, let's say I want
to display a dioalog saying who the email is from...

I got this to work:

set msgs to selection
repeat with this_message in msgs
set adr to extract address from sender of this_message
display dialog "message is from " & adr
end repeat

I tried "repeat with this_message in selection", which didn't work. I
have no idea why.

[snip]

There's something about Applescript syntax that completely flummoxes me;
I've downloaded manuals and sample code but I Just Don't Get It. Argh.

Ditto.

i.

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