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Automator help: replace text in Mail

  • 02-12-2010 02:35PM
    #1
    Hugh_C
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,852 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    I'm trying to use Automator to do something really simple in mail - in a message I'm creating, I want to replace one piece of text with another

    for example in the message, I want to replace the string

    ftp://ftp.d1023788-11.cp.blacknight.com//webspace/httpdocs/

    with

    http://

    I've tried to find a way to do this in Automator but I'm drawing a blank - anyone with any clues out there?

    Thanks,

    Hugh_C
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  • #2
    Liameter
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Liameter


    You might be able to make a script something like this:

    tell application "Mail" to activate
    tell application "System Events"
    tell process "Mail"
    tell menu bar 1
    click menu bar item "Message"'s menu "Message"'s ¬
    menu item "Reply"
    end tell
    delay 0.5
    key code 117 -- Forward Delete
    key code 125 using command down -- down arrow
    key code 36 -- Return
    end tell
    end tell

    (This doesn't do what you want but it might give you some ideas.)


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