entourage growl notification

entourage_growl_notification.scpt

(*
	Public Domain, 2010
	Chetan Sarva <csarva@pixelcop.net>
	http://chetanislazy.com/
	
	See also: 
	http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2009/02/use_growl_with_entourage.html (original, help)
	http://blog.geekdaily.org/2007/12/growl-for-entou.html (another script, borrowed some ideas)
*)

tell application "GrowlHelperApp"
	set the allNotificationsList to {"New Mail"}
	set the enabledNotificationsList to {"New Mail"}
	register as application ¬
		"Entourage" all notifications allNotificationsList ¬
		default notifications enabledNotificationsList ¬
		icon of application "Microsoft Entourage"
end tell

if frontmost is false then
	
	tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
		set theMessages to the current messages
	end tell
	repeat with theMsg in theMessages
		tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
			set mysubject to get the subject of theMsg
			set mybody to get the content of theMsg
			if mybody is "" then
				set myshortbody to "<no body>"
			else if length of mybody ≥ 250 then
				set myshortbody to text 1 thru 250 of mybody
			else
				set myshortbody to mybody
			end if
			set mysender to the display name of sender of theMsg as string
			if mysender is "" then
				set mysender to the address of sender of theMsg as string
			end if
		end tell
		tell application "GrowlHelperApp"
			notify with name "New Mail" title (mysubject) description ("From: " & mysender & "

" & myshortbody) application name "Entourage"
		end tell
	end repeat
	
end if (* frontmost is false *)