Saving mail to the desktop

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#1

I am looking for a script that will save an email to a folder on my desktop based on the subject title of the email.

#2

Hi,

try this rule script, you have to change the name of the property theFolder,
the folder must already exist


property mailFolder : "~/Library/Mail"
property theFolder : "MailBackup"

using terms from application "Mail"
	on perform mail action with messages The_Messages
		set BackupFolder to quoted form of (POSIX path of (path to desktop) & theFolder)
		tell application "Mail"
			repeat with oneMessage in theMessages
				set theID to (id of oneMessage as Unicode text) & ".emlx"
				set messageLocation to do shell script "find " & mailFolder & " -name " & theID
				if messageLocation is not "" then do shell script "cp " & quoted form of messageLocation & " " & BackupFolder
			end repeat
		end tell
	end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
#3

sorry to sound newbieish,

I change theFolder to my choice of folder names, which I have to already have created on my desktop. so what part of the script decides what "keyword or object " in the subject line makes this rule apply or script work?

#4

you have to define a rule in mail with your desired conditions and perform action “Run AppleScript”.
Then choose your script to attach