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AppleScript to send e-mail, using Apple's Mail, with multiple recipients, cc, bcc and attachments
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tell application "Mail" | |
set theFrom to "" | |
set theTos to {} | |
set theCcs to {} | |
set theBccs to {} | |
set theSubject to "" | |
set theContent to "" | |
set theSignature to "" | |
set theAttachments to {} | |
set theDelay to 1 | |
set theMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {sender:theFrom, subject:theSubject, content:theContent, visible:false} | |
tell theMessage | |
repeat with theTo in theTos | |
make new recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theTo} | |
end repeat | |
repeat with theCc in theCcs | |
make new cc recipient at end of cc recipients with properties {address:theCc} | |
end repeat | |
repeat with theBcc in theBccs | |
make new bcc recipient at end of bcc recipients with properties {address:theBcc} | |
end repeat | |
repeat with theAttachment in theAttachments | |
make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachment as alias} at after last paragraph | |
delay theDelay | |
end repeat | |
end tell | |
# macOS 10.12+ know bug | |
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39860859/setting-message-signature-of-outgoing-message-using-applescript | |
# set message signature of theMessage to signature theSignature | |
send theMessage | |
end tell |
With macOS 10.10 "Yosemite," AppleScript enabled the ability to write handlers with optional parameters by providing default values. This eliminates the need to pass empty or zero values for parameters that aren't actually used.
Send_Mail_Message given theSubject:"Armageddon", theContent:"Now that I have your attention…"
to Send_Mail_Message given theSender:theSender : "[email protected]", theRecipients:theRecipients : {"[email protected]"}, theCcs:theCcs : {}, theBccs:theBccs : {}, theSubject:theSubject : "", theContent:theContent : "", theSignature:theSignature : "", theAttachments:theAttachments : {}, theDelay:theDelay : 1
tell application "Mail"
set theMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {sender:theSender, subject:theSubject, content:theContent, visible:false}
tell theMessage
repeat with theTo in theRecipients
make new recipient at end of to recipients with properties {address:theTo}
end repeat
repeat with theCc in theCcs
make new cc recipient at end of cc recipients with properties {address:theCc}
end repeat
repeat with theBcc in theBccs
make new bcc recipient at end of bcc recipients with properties {address:theBcc}
end repeat
repeat with theAttachment in theAttachments
make new attachment with properties {file name:theAttachment as alias} at after last paragraph
delay theDelay
end repeat
end tell
if theSignature ≠ "" then
set message signature of theMessage to signature theSignature
end if
send theMessage
end tell
end Send_Mail_Message
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