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Bounce Message
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a.markdown
  1. Open Automator.
  2. Create a new service.
  3. Configure the service so that it receives "no input" in "Mail"
  4. Add "Get Selected Mail Messages" into the workflow
  5. Add "Run Applescript" into the workflow.
  6. Paste the attached AppleScript and save the workflow as "Bounce Message".
  7. Create a keyboard shortcut for "Bounce Message" in Mail.app(⌘⇧B)
  8. In Mail, select the message you would like to bounce. Hit your keyboard shortcut(⌘⇧B) or from the "Mail" menu, choose "Services", then click on "Bounce Message".
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b.applescript
on run {input, parameters}
tell application "Mail"
repeat with eachMessage in input
bounce eachMessage
delete eachMessage
end repeat
end tell
end run
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Just found this Bounce Message solution at http://oregontechsupport.com/articles/osx-mail-bounce.php and here and it works great on my iMac running Mac OS Sierra... Thanks

Chet

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