Send detailed email reminders via iCal and AppleScript
Mar 21, '05 09:13:00AM
Contributed by: tocoolcjs
My iCal mail script, called fittingly iCalMail [44KB download] lets you automatically email people at certain times. The following shows what becomes what in an e-mail;
- Event Name becomes the Subject
- Attendees become Recipients
- The Notes field becomes the message text
For best results:
- Set the alarm to open the "iCalMail" script at "0 minutes before."
- Schedule events at least five minutes apart.
When sent successfully sent, a dialog lauds that fact for 10 seconds, and the event's location reads "iCalMail sent." Run the iCalMail Setup application to start the proper calendar and/or create an example event.
[robg adds: I tested these scripts, and they work as described -- just remember to choose the new iCalMail calendar for these reminder events. I have also created a local mirror [44KB download] in case the above URL fails at some point in the future.]
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