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Short AppleScript that adds the last email sent in Mail.app to the OmniFocus Inbox as a task
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Add last sent email to OmniFocus Script
by simplicitybliss.com, Sven Fechner
Straight forward script that sends the last email sent in Mail.app to OmniFocus either using the Quick Entry window or silently (well, with Growl based notifications if desired) straight to the Inbox.
You can influence how the task is named by modifying the PreFix and MidFix properties. The note of the task will contain a link back the email in Mail.app.
Use the AppleScript Menu or tools likle FastScripts, Launchbar or Alfred to trigger the script.
The script uses Growl from the App Store for feedback notification if it is installed and running.
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--!! EDIT THE PROPERTIES BELOW TO MEET YOUR NEEDS !!--
-- Mail.app account for the sent mailbox the script should use
-- Note that although you can theoretically target the virtual sent mailbox of all Mail.app acocunts combined
-- AppleScript delivers very inconsistent results when doing so, hence this is not recommended
property theAccount : "My Mail Account"
-- Open OmniFocus Quick Entry window (true) or add the task silently to the OmniFocus Inbox (false)?
property ShowQuickEntry : true
-- First text in the task name before the email recipient
property PreFix : "Waiting For"
-- Text between receipient name and subject in the task name
property MidFix : "to come back re"
-- Enable Growl notification when adding tasks to OmniFocus Inbox?
-- Growl is not used when using the Quick Entry window
property GrowlRun : true
-- !! STOP EDITING HERE IF NOT FAMILAR WITH APPLESCRIPT !! --
on run
my addEMail()
end run
on alfred_script(q)
my addEMail()
end alfred_script
-- Main functionality
on addEMail()
try
tell application "Mail"
set theSentMailbox to mailbox "Sent" of account theAccount
set lastMsg to first message in theSentMailbox
set theSubject to subject of lastMsg
set theRecipient to name of to recipient of lastMsg
set theMessageID to urlencode(the message id of lastMsg) of me
-- See if there is more than one recipient in the 'To' field
if (count of theRecipient) > 1 then
set theRecipientName to (item 1 of theRecipient & (ASCII character 202) & "and" & (ASCII character 202) & ((count of theRecipient) - 1) as string) & (ASCII character 202) & "more"
else
set theRecipientName to item 1 of theRecipient
end if
end tell
set theTaskTitle to PreFix & (ASCII character 202) & theRecipientName & (ASCII character 202) & MidFix & (ASCII character 202) & theSubject
set theNote to "Created from message://%3C" & (theMessageID) & "%3E"
tell application "OmniFocus"
if ShowQuickEntry then
tell quick entry
open
make new inbox task with properties {name:theTaskTitle, note:theNote}
tell application "System Events" to keystroke tab
activate
end tell
else
tell default document to make new inbox task with properties {name:theTaskTitle, note:theNote}
if GrowlRun then
my growlSetup()
my growlNotify(theTaskTitle)
end if
end if
end tell
on error theError
end try
end addEMail
-- Text encoding routine
on urlencode(theText)
set theTextEnc to ""
repeat with eachChar in characters of theText
set useChar to eachChar
set eachCharNum to ASCII number of eachChar
if eachCharNum = 32 then
set useChar to "+"
else if (eachCharNum ≠ 42) and (eachCharNum ≠ 95) and (eachCharNum < 45 or eachCharNum > 46) and (eachCharNum < 48 or eachCharNum > 57) and (eachCharNum < 65 or eachCharNum > 90) and (eachCharNum < 97 or eachCharNum > 122) then
set firstDig to round (eachCharNum / 16) rounding down
set secondDig to eachCharNum mod 16
if firstDig > 9 then
set aNum to firstDig + 55
set firstDig to ASCII character aNum
end if
if secondDig > 9 then
set aNum to secondDig + 55
set secondDig to ASCII character aNum
end if
set numHex to ("%" & (firstDig as string) & (secondDig as string)) as string
set useChar to numHex
end if
set theTextEnc to theTextEnc & useChar as string
end repeat
return theTextEnc
end urlencode
-- Send a notification using Growl
on growlNotify(message)
tell application "System Events"
set isRunning to (count of (every process whose bundle identifier is "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp")) > 0
end tell
if isRunning then
tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"
notify with name "Result" title "Successfully added last email sent" description message application name "OmniFocus Sent Email"
end tell
end if
end growlNotify
-- Routine to setup Growl
on growlSetup()
tell application "System Events"
set isRunning to (count of (every process whose bundle identifier is "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp")) > 0
end tell
if isRunning then
tell application id "com.Growl.GrowlHelperApp"
set the allNotificationsList to {"Result"}
set the enabledNotificationsList to {"Result"}
register as application "OmniFocus Sent Email" all notifications allNotificationsList default notifications enabledNotificationsList icon of application "OmniFocus.app"
end tell
end if
end growlSetup
@PiotrCzapla
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Hi
I've added setting context to the script. SInce there is no pull request for a gist, I have it in the fork here:
https://gist.github.com/PiotrCzapla/743e4463000449f00b78

I thought you might want to add it back to your script.

Regards,
Piotr

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