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Saturday, September 06, 2003

From me to me

Eudora's AppleScript documentation sucks. And because I know I will lose this script, I'm putting it here. If it's useful to anyone else, well, that's just great.

tell application "Eudora"
	display dialog "Enter Return Address:" default answer "" buttons ["OK"] default button "OK"
	set fromField to text returned of result
	set field "from" of message 0 to fromField
end tell

This script allows you to set the "From:" address in an outgoing email on the fly. Handy for those of us who use a catch-all email address at a particular domain and want to be able to send mail from any of a number of handles, and quicker than visiting the Settings dialog box. Only tested in Eudora 5.2 for OS X, probably works in any version though since I don't think they've touched the scripting dictionary in about 10 years.

Posted at 05:06 PM

Comments

001. Eudora User

If you set up additional personalities, there will be a popup menu that allows you to choose the from address.

Posted at 12:57PM on Sunday, September 07, 2003

002. brian w

Yup, personalities would work. And I do use them. But they're not really handy for cases like this. Like many people, I use different usernames on different websites, mailing lists and surveys so I can tell where spammers/retailers are getting my address (brianamazon, brianmetafilter, briandeanforamerica, briangayporninyourinbox, whatever). This technique let me figure out that the Leica user forums were being trawled by spambots, for instance.

Rather than setting up a personality for each and every one of these cases (I'm sure at this point I've used well over a hundred), I can just use a quick script to reply/register/unsubscribe using the address of my choice on the fly.

Posted at 01:27PM on Sunday, September 07, 2003

003. Eudora User

I'm not knockin' your script (it was the mention of AppleScript that drew me to your web site), and I use trackable addresses too, but I guess I just don't see where it's easier to type into a dialog box when the info can be typed directly into Eudora's from field.

Posted at 05:55PM on Sunday, September 07, 2003

004. brian w

But... you can't type directly into the from field. Or, at least, I can't. I can place the cursor there, but if I try and change anything, the app responds "That text cannot be modified." If your experience differs, please let me know because it would make all this nonsense moot ;)

Posted at 06:11PM on Sunday, September 07, 2003

005. Eudora User

I must have changed this setting a long time ago because I don't recall doing it. If you run this script, you will be able to edit the from field. This is a general Eudora setting and you need do this only once.

tell application "Eudora" to set setting 114 to "y"

If you wish to revert to default behavior, change "y" to "n". (yes and no).

Posted at 09:54PM on Sunday, September 07, 2003

006. me

You, my anonymous friend, are a peach. A peach! I haven't looked through one of those terrifying lists of X-Eudora-Settings in a bajillion years. If only they would put useful things into a Settings pane rather than, say, those heinous chili pepper things. But I digress.

Posted at 11:33PM on Sunday, September 07, 2003

007. Eudora User

Glad to help.

Posted at 08:16AM on Monday, September 08, 2003

008. Jimes

Was browsing through blogspot when I stumbled here

Posted at 04:02AM on Thursday, November 04, 2004

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