Two solutions:
1: Wrap the contents of the first repeat block in a “try” block
2: Test if the acct is active and only process it of that’s true.

I went with 2: because AS is slow enough when processing mail. Here’s the revision:


on run
tell application "Mail"
repeat with _acct in imap accounts
--Look For Flagged Messages in the INBOX
set _acct_name to name of _acct
log _acct_name
if _acct is enabled then
set _inbox to _acct's mailbox "INBOX"

tell application "OmniFocus"
tell default document
set newTaskProps to {name:theTitle}
if theStart is not missing value then set newTaskProps to newTaskProps if theDue is not missing value then set newTaskProps to newTaskProps if theCombinedBody is not missing value then set newTaskProps to newTaskProps set newTask to make new inbox task with properties newTaskProps
end tell
end tell
set flagged status of eachMessage to false
end repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
end run


Have stumbled on your script and if I could get it to work it would complete my workflow!!!

Problem I have is twofold…

1. I’m an applescript novice (make that complete novice!!)
2. have compiled the script and popped it into com.apple.mail
3. I have then used Mail Act on to call the script for flags – does this run continuoalsy or do I need to put a time mechanism in here?
3. when I run the cript from applescript editor I get the following error…

error “Mail got an error: Can’t get item 2 of every message of mailbox \”INBOX\” of account \”Phil Personal\” whose flagged status = true. Invalid index.” number -1719

Help – any advice guidance gratefully received!

Cheers

Phil

I have Exchange server side rules moving some messages into different folders. However, I want the flagging to still look in those, so I created a list. I use 0 and 1 to keep certain folders near the top of the pile.
Secondly, rather than just unflagging the email message, I want to clean up my inbox(es). So any email that’s sent into Omnifocus also gets moved into the 1OMNIFOCUS folder on my Exchange account (even if I flagged it in a different account. I’m weird like that). The mail URL still finds that message but it saves me a step of filtering it. I only want to touch a message once when I’m processing my inbox.


on run
set _exchange_interesting_mailboxes to {"Inbox", "0GROUP1", "0GROUP2"}
set _omnifocus_followup to "1OMNIFOCUS"
with timeout of 90000 seconds
-- first find our Exchange account so we only store follow up items there
tell application "Mail"
repeat with _acct in accounts
set _acct_status to enabled of _acct
if _acct_status is true then
set _acct_type to account type of _acct
if _acct_type is unknown then
set _acct_server to server name of _acct
set _acct_name to name of _acct
if _acct_server contains ".SOMETHING TO IDENTIFY YOUR EXCHANGE SERVER" then
set exchange_account to _acct_name
end if
end if
end if
end repeat
end tell

set flagged status of eachMessage to false
move eachMessage to mailbox _omnifocus_followup of account exchange_account
end repeat
end repeat
end if
end repeat
end tell
end timeout
end run


In talking to a few other people in relation to this script, I’m definitely not alone. I’d love to determine what the other variable is.

Anyway, if you do get a chance to ask your friend, I’d love to hear the details. It would be awesome if this could all work seamlessly.