10.4: Combine Mail messages for print via Automator

Apr 05, '06 05:51:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Tiger only hintI created a three-line Automator application to combine multiple messages into a single (new) email message. I can then print this message, which saves tons of paper.

First, you select the messages you want in Mail. They will be put into a new message in the order you see in your Mail window (top to bottom), so sort the messages accordingly first. Then double-click the Automator application, and voila, you will have a new Mail message. Sweet.

The Automator app is made up of these three steps:

  1. Mail: Get Selected Mail Items
  2. Mail: Combine Mail Messages
  3. Mail: New Mail Message
Just Save it as an Application when you're done, and that's that. You could also pass the combined message to a text editor instead of creating a new message, if you wish.

[robg adds: This works, and Automator/Mail automatically includes a row of divider text between each message. You could also use Butler or QuicKeys or similar to assign your application to a hotkey, so you could run it directly from Mail...]

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