Apple Mail - Save Spam
Summary: Saves messages to a Spam folder on the desktop.
Requires: Apple Mail, SpamSieve
Install Location: ~/Library/Scripts/Applications/Mail/
Last Modified: 2019-10-02
Description
This script saves the messages in the spam mailbox to a Spam folder on the desktop. Each message’s raw source is saved as a separate file.
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Script
on getSpamFolder()
set _spamFolderName to my lookupDefaults({"AppleMailTrainSpamName"}, {"Spam"})
tell application "Mail"
return mailbox _spamFolderName
end tell
end getSpamFolder
on writeToFileNamed(s, theName)
set theFolder to do shell script "echo ~/Desktop/Spam/"
try
do shell script "mkdir " & theFolder's quoted form
end try
set theFile to theFolder & theName
try
do shell script "echo " & s's quoted form & ">" & theFile's quoted form
end try
end writeToFileNamed
tell application "Mail"
set theMessages to every message of my getSpamFolder()
repeat with m in theMessages
my writeToFileNamed(m's source, "Message " & m's id)
-- delete m
end repeat
end tell
on lookupDefaults(_keys, _defaultValues)
tell application "SpamSieve"
try
set _result to {}
repeat with _i from 1 to count of _keys
set _key to item _i of _keys
set _defaultValue to item _i of _defaultValues
set _value to lookup single key _key default value _defaultValue
copy _value to end of _result
end repeat
return _result
on error -- SpamSieve 2.9.15 and earlier
return lookup keys _keys default values _defaultValues
end try
end tell
end lookupDefaults