renaming emails

[fbergeron]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

is there a way to change the subject line of incoming emails? I need to rename them in my inbox so I can do faster searches once they are moved to folders on my local Entourage or to help my rules set-up. thank you.

 

[Barry Wainwright]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: Exchange

is there a way to change the subject line of incoming emails? I need to rename them in my inbox so I can do faster searches once they are moved to folders on my local Entourage or to help my rules set-up. thank you.

It used to be possible to edit the subject line, but this was
accidentally removed in the 2008 version.

According to developers- when they changed the appearance of mail
headers, the dev removed this feature. Adding it back in after the
change ended up being very risky and they decided to focus elsewhere.

However, there is another way:
Download the 'Edit Subject' script from the link below and place it in
your Entourage script menu items folder inside the Microsoft User Data
folder. Simply select the script from the script menu any time you wnt
to edit the subject line of the selected message.

<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/downloads/scripts/edit_subject.zip>

 

[Peggy Grall]

I tagged onto this message because I am trying to do the same thing....

I downloaded the Edit Script to my desktop, moved it into M User Data
location...now am trying to change the subject line on an e-mail and don't
know what you mean by - 'select the script from the script menu'....what is
the 'script'? And where is the 'script' menu?

I'm a new user, so maybe the questions are elementary...

Peggy

 

[Peggy Grall]

Jolly Roger, I really appreciate your help....so, I have downloaded the
file, I can see it in the list when I look at the hard drive, but when I'm
in Entourage and I click on the Scrip icon, it's not there...what is there
is:

3 Create options - Event, Note, Task
Insert Text
Open
Save

No Subject Change option

I've restarted my computer just in case it needed that, and have downloaded
the file again...still no luck...

Any ideas?

Peggy

 

[Barry Wainwright]

If it's a legitimate script, and you placed it into this folder, it
should appear in the menu (~ means /Users/yourname):

~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/

Did you remember to unzip or unstuff the script befire placing it into
the folder? Many scripts come with instructions that tell you how to
install them. Did you read the instructions?

Post the URL to the web site of the script so I can download it and take
a look at it.

There have been a few reports of scripts not showing up recently. The
solution in each case was to open them in the Finder with a double-click
- they should open up in "Script Editor" by default; then add a space to
the end of the script and delete it again. Now save the script again. It
should show up in the script menu now (but only if it is saved into the
"Entourage Script Menu Items" folder).

 

[Peggy Grall]

If it's a legitimate script, and you placed it into this folder, it
should appear in the menu (~ means /Users/yourname):

~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items/

Did you remember to unzip or unstuff the script befire placing it into
the folder? Many scripts come with instructions that tell you how to
install them. Did you read the instructions?

Post the URL to the web site of the script so I can download it and take
a look at it.

Well, I don't know how to 'post the URL...etc.' (I'm a new Mac user and not
that techie) But here is some more info:

When I downloaded it , it went to 'Downloads' and I dragged it to the
Entourage Script folder - and it is there, looks just like all the other
items (4 KB - script options) in that folder. It never asked me if I wanted
to un zip it...and when I 'open' it - this is what it says inside:

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"

set objMessage to item 1 of (get current messages)


set dlgReply to display dialog "Subject:" default answer (get subject of
objMessage) with icon 1
if text returned of dlgReply is not "" then
set subject of objMessage to text returned of dlgReply
end if

end tell

Does that help?

Peggy

 

[Peggy Grall]

It's easy:

1. Go to the web page from which you downloaded the script.
2. Highlight the URL in the address bar at the top of the web browser
window.
3. Choose Edit > Copy from the menu bar.
4. Use Edit > Paste to paste the URL into a message you'll post here.

But that's ok - I've already downloaded and examined the script. See my
previous post about that.


That's probably because you have the Safari Preferences > General > Open
safe files after downloading option checked. So when you downloaded the
ZIP file, Safari automatically opened (unzipped) it.

BTW, that's a bit of a dangerous option to have checked, because there
have been trojans in the past that have exploited it to infect Macs.
Personally, I'd advise you to turn that off.


The problem isn't the code, but the fact that the file is missing some
metadata that tells applications what type of information is stored in
the file. You can esily re-create that metadata by opening the script in
Script Editor and saving it. After you do that, the file should appear
in the Entourage script menu.

YES!!! It worked!!!! Yeah!!!! Thanks a bunch...I really appreciate your
simple, step-by-step approach...for us newbie's it really helps.

Peggy

 

[Diane Ross]

I'm a new user, so maybe the questions are elementary...

I have started a series of tutorials on using AppleScripts with Entourage.
The first one contains the basics. They are written for the average user.


Using AppleScripts with Entourage Part 1

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/07/using_applescripts_with_entourage.ht
ml>

Favorite Scripts to use with Entourage Part 2

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/07/favorite_scripts.html>

Assign a category with a keyboard shortcut Part 3

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/08/assign_a_category_with_a_keyboard_sh
ort.html>

Create a TinyURL-no more broken links Part 4

<http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/2008/09/create_a_tinyurl.html>

 

[Kerry]

YES!!! It worked!!!! Yeah!!!! Thanks a bunch...I really appreciate your
simple, step-by-step approach...for us newbie's it really helps.

Peggy

I too had to launch the script in Applescript and just save it and it
was fine.

One problem I have encountered with the script is if I rename it in
the inbox and say move it to say read mail it looses the new title.
I'm using IMAP so possibly that's what's happening. So I rename the
title after I move it to the folder I want to store it in. However,
this title will not appear when I access my IMAP system from a web
browser.

 

[Michel Bintener]

IMAP messages are stored on the server, and the messages you access and
modify in Entourage are only local copies. You can make changes to the local
copies, but unfortunately, Entourage does not have the ability to synch
these changes back to the server. This also explains why you can remove
attachments from local copies while the attachments in the original message
remain untouched. If you move the messages, you move the messages on the
server, and Entourage refreshes its local cache to reflect the changes on
the server; in other words, it renames the copy again to match the name of
the message that is stored on the server.

One problem I have encountered with the script is if I rename it in
the inbox and say move it to say read mail it looses the new title.
I'm using IMAP so possibly that's what's happening. So I rename the
title after I move it to the folder I want to store it in. However,
this title will not appear when I access my IMAP system from a web
browser.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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