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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
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      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
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      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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