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Use Mail.app as Mailbox
# Set this according to your email accounts names and Reminders list name
set firstMailAccount to "Google"
set secondMailAccount to "Yahoo"
set thirdMailAccount to "iCloud"
set RemindersList to "Need Reply"
# Set Red Flag
set FlagIndex to 0
tell application "Mail"
set theSelection to selection
# Do nothing if no email is selected in Mail
try
set theMessage to item 1 of theSelection
on error
return
end try
set theSubject to theMessage's subject
# Make sure reminder doesn't already exist so we don't create duplicates
tell application "Reminders"
set theNeedlesName to name of reminders whose name is theSubject and completed is false
if theNeedlesName is not {} then
# Make sure dialog is in focus when called as a service
# without the below, Mail would be the active application
tell me
activate
end tell
set theButton to button returned of (display dialog "The selected email matches an existing reminder: " & theNeedlesName & ". Would you like to mark the reminder as complete and clear any remaining flags of this message?" with title "Create Reminder from E-Mail" buttons {"Mark complete", "Cancel"} default button 1)
if theButton is "Mark complete" then
tell application "Mail"
# Unflag email/message
set flag index of theMessage to -1
end tell
# Find correct reminder based on subject and mark as complete
set theNeedle to last reminder whose name is theSubject and completed is false
set completed of theNeedle to true
return
else if the_button is "Cancel" then
return
end if
end if
end tell
# Present user with a list of follow-up times (in minutes)
(choose from list {"Later Today", "This Evening", "Tomorrow", "This Weekend", "Next Week", "In a Month", "Someday"} default items "Later Today" OK button name "Create" with prompt "Set follow-up time" with title "Create Reminder from E-Mail")
set reminderDate to result as rich text
# Exit if user clicks Cancel
if reminderDate is "false" then return
if reminderDate = "Later Today" then
# Add 2h to the current time of the same day
set remindMeDate to (current date)
set time of remindMeDate to (time of (current date)) + 7200
else if reminderDate = "This Evening" then
# Set time to 9:00pm of the same day
set remindMeDate to (current date)
set time of remindMeDate to 60 * 60 * 21
else if reminderDate = "Tomorrow" then
# Add 1 day and set time to 9:00am
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 1 * days
set time of remindMeDate to 60 * 60 * 9
else if reminderDate = "This Weekend" then
# This weekend means Saturday
set currentWeekDay to weekday of (current date) as string
if currentWeekDay = "Monday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 5 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Tuesday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 4 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Wednesday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 3 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Thursday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 2 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Friday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 1 * days
# If it's Saturday set the reminder on Sunday
else if currentWeekDay = "Saturday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 1 * days
# If it's Sunday set the reminder Sunday evening 9:00pm
else if currentWeekDay = "Sunday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date)
set time of remindMeDate to 60 * 60 * 21
end if
set time of remindMeDate to 60 * 60 * 9
else if reminderDate = "Next Week" then
# Set the reminder on Monday next week
set currentWeekDay to weekday of (current date) as string
if currentWeekDay = "Monday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 7 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Tuesday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 6 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Wednesday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 5 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Thursday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 4 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Friday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 3 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Saturday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 2 * days
else if currentWeekDay = "Sunday" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 1 * days
end if
set time of remindMeDate to 60 * 60 * 9
else if reminderDate = "In a Month" then
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 43200 * minutes
else if reminderDate = "Someday" then
# Set the reminder in 3 months
set remindMeDate to (current date) + 129600 * minutes
end if
# Flag selected email/message in Mail
set flag index of theMessage to FlagIndex
# Get the unique identifier (ID) of selected email/message
set theOrigMessageId to theMessage's message id
# Encode % with %25 because otherwise the URL will be screwed up in Reminders and you won't be able to just click on it to open the linked message in Mail
set theUrl to {"message:%3C" & my replaceText(theOrigMessageId, "%", "%25") & "%3E"}
# Determine correct Reminder's list based on account the email/message is in
if name of account of mailbox of theMessage is firstMailAccount then
set RemindersList to RemindersList
else if name of account of mailbox of theMessage is secondMailAccount then
set RemindersList to RemindersList
else if name of account of mailbox of theMessage is thirdMailAccount then
set RemindersList to RemindersList
else
# Default list name in Reminders
set RemindersList to "Reminders"
end if
end tell
tell application "Reminders"
tell list RemindersList
# Create new reminder with proper due date, subject name and the URL linking to the email in Mail
make new reminder with properties {name:theSubject, remind me date:remindMeDate, body:theUrl}
end tell
end tell
# String replace function used to replace % with %25
on replaceText(subject, find, replace)
set prevTIDs to text item delimiters of AppleScript
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to find
set subject to text items of subject
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to replace
set subject to "" & subject
set text item delimiters of AppleScript to prevTIDs
return subject
end replaceText
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