Print Mail Messages to PDF then Delete

gistfile1.scpt

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Prints mail messages to PDF, then deletes the message.

You must first set up your keyboard shortcut as shown here:

http://www.macsparky.com/blog/2008/3/19/keyboard-shortcut-for-save-as-pdf-in-os-x.html

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Copyright (c) 2010. Larry Staton Jr.

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tell application "Mail"
	try
		activate
		set selectedMsgs to selection
		if (count of selectedMsgs) = 0 then
			display alert "Please select one or more Mail messages."
		else
			repeat with i from 1 to number of items in selectedMsgs
				set this_item to item i of selectedMsgs
				tell application "System Events"
					keystroke "p" using command down
					keystroke "p" using command down
				end tell
				delete this_item
			end repeat
		end if
	on error e
		display alert e
	end try
end tell