Reading background color of messages in Mail.app

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I’m trying to read the background color of a message in Mail.app 1.3 [Panther] using AppleScript.

The Applescript Dictionary for Mail.app v1.3 shows a property called ‘background color’ for messages. When I attempt to read this value, I receive the error “NSInternalScriptError”.

I can read other message specific properties, so I know I have a reference to a valid message object.

My code references the property is as follows

get background color of fooMSG

Being new to AppleScript, I’m not sure if my syntax is correct or a bug in the AppleScript implementation of mail.app or ???

Thanks,

  • Scott