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Automate rule creation based on sender in Mail
Authored by: designbot on Jun 22, '05 01:02:48PM

I honestly don't understand what some people are thinking when they make these hints. How do these get on the front page? An AppleScript? What is wrong with you people?

1. Mail > Preferences… > Rules > Add Rule

2. If From Contains xxx@xxx.com, Move Message to mailbox xxx.

Is that too complicated? Oy.



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Automate rule creation based on sender in Mail
Authored by: jmontana on Jun 22, '05 01:20:38PM

The whole point of AppleScript is to automate repetitive behavior. If you really prefer four mouseclicks and a lot of typing, then by all means use the standard method. I think this script will save me a lot of annoyance.



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Automate rule creation based on sender in Mail
Authored by: designbot on Jun 23, '05 03:26:29PM

So, then the clicks and keystrokes associated with downloading the script, opening it in Script Editor, finding the right location to save it so that it will appear in the Scripts menu (not included in hint), compiling & saving the script, finding a message from the person you want, selecting the message, running the script from the script menu, and typing in the name of the folder all don't count, then, right?

And since when is creating a rule to send one person's mail to one specific folder a repetitive task? Face it, this is a pointless workaround for a problem that doesn't exist.



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Automate rule creation based on sender in Mail
Authored by: jporten on Jun 26, '05 04:49:03PM

db, I know people who have set up hundreds of such rules to manage their senders. This would have been useful to them. Chill.



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Automate rule creation based on sender in Mail
Authored by: Zonker1967 on Aug 17, '06 08:10:56AM

Back in the day, Eudora would let you select a message and then create a folder on-the-fly while trying to file a message. I came across this hint while searching for something similar in Mail.app, moving the message to a previously non-existent folder.

I can't believe that Mail.app still doesn't have that feature. I get so frustrated when I'm trying to move a message (or create a rule which moves a message) and realize after I've started that my destination folder doesn't exist. So I have to quit the operation, find/select the folder I want as the parent folder, create the new folder, move BACK to the location of the message to be moved and start from Square One. What a pain.

If I understand this hint correctly, it provides this missing functionality. So, I see this hint as being extremely useful, filling in a gap in the feature set that Apple has provided.



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