This modified script was working really well for me, but now some of the color labeled emails are still in my junk mailbox and not in the trash. I will paste in the script below, but it hasn’t changed and it says move all colors to trash. It started a week or so ago.
– Apple Mail - Reprocesses unread messages in the junk folder
– Last Modified: 13 April 2023
property pMarkSpamMessagesRead : true
property pMarkGoodMessagesRead : false
property pChangeJunkStatus : true
property pColorSpamMessages : true
property pFlagSpamMessages : false
property pUnflagSpamMessages : false
property pMoveBlueMessagesToTrash : true
property pMoveGrayMessagesToTrash : true
property pMovePurpleMessagesToTrash : true
property pMoveRedMessagesToTrash : true
property pMoveOrangeMessagesToTrash : true
property pMoveYellowMessagesToTrash : true
property pEnableDebugLogging : false
on run
– This is executed when you run the script directly.
my filterServerJunkMailboxes()
end run
on idle
– This is executed periodically when the script is run as a stay-open application.
my filterServerJunkMailboxes()
return 60 * 5 – Run again in 5 minutes.
end idle
using terms from application “Mail”
on perform mail action with messages _messages
– This is executed when Mail runs the rule.
my filterServerJunkMailboxes()
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
on filterServerJunkMailboxes()
if application “Mail” is not running then return
try
tell application “Mail” to get version
on error _error number _errorNumber
if _errorNumber is -1743 then – errAEEventNotPermitted
set _alertMessage to "You can give “Apple Mail - Rescue Good Messages” access to control Mail and SpamSieve from System Preferences > Security & Privacy > Privacy > Automation. For more information, please see:
SpamSieve Manual: Security & Privacy Access"
display alert _error message _alertMessage
end if
end try
tell application “Mail”
try
set _mailboxes to mailboxes of junk mailbox
repeat with _mailbox in _mailboxes
try
my filterMailbox(_mailbox)
on error _error number _errorNumber
my logToConsole(“Error " & _errorNumber & " filtering mailbox “” & _mailbox’s name & “” of account “” & _mailbox’s account’s name & "”: " & _error)
end try
end repeat
on error _error
my logToConsole("Error filtering junk mailboxes: " & _error)
end try
end tell
end filterServerJunkMailboxes
on filterMailbox(_mailbox)
tell application “Mail”
my debugLog(my makeLogMessage(“Start checking mailbox”, _mailbox, “”))
set _total to count of messages of _mailbox
my debugLog(my makeLogMessage(“Total messages in mailbox”, _mailbox, _total))
my debugLog(my makeLogMessage(“Getting unprocessed messages in mailbox”, _mailbox, “”))
with timeout of 3 * 60 seconds
set _messages to messages of _mailbox whose read status is false and deleted status is false and background color is none
end timeout
my debugLog(my makeLogMessage(“Messages to process in mailbox”, _mailbox, count of _messages))
repeat with _message in _messages
if not my processMessageIfSpam(_message) then
if pMarkGoodMessagesRead then set _message’s read status to true
– my debugLog("Moving message to inbox: " & _message’s subject)
– move _message to inbox
end if
end repeat
my debugLog(my makeLogMessage(“Finished checking mailbox”, _mailbox, “”))
end tell
end filterMailbox
on processMessageIfSpam(_message)
set _source to my sourceFromMessage(_message)
tell application “SpamSieve”
set _score to score message _source without auto training
end tell
tell application “Mail”
my debugLog("Spam score of message is " & _score & ": " & _message’s subject)
set _isSpam to _score ≥ 50
if pChangeJunkStatus then
set _message’s junk mail status to _isSpam
end if
if _isSpam and pMarkSpamMessagesRead then
set _message’s read status to true
end if
set _moveToTrash to my colorMessageAndDecideIfShouldMoveToTrash(_message, _score)
if _moveToTrash then
delete _message
else if _isSpam then
my debugLog("Leaving spam message in Junk: " & _message’s subject)
end if
return _isSpam
end tell
end processMessageIfSpam
on colorMessageAndDecideIfShouldMoveToTrash(_message, _score)
tell application “Mail”
set _table to {¬
{99, blue, pMoveBlueMessagesToTrash, 6}, ¬
{95, gray, pMoveGrayMessagesToTrash, 5}, ¬
{88, purple, pMovePurpleMessagesToTrash, 4}, ¬
{81, red, pMoveRedMessagesToTrash, 3}, ¬
{75, orange, pMoveOrangeMessagesToTrash, 2}, ¬
{50, yellow, pMoveYellowMessagesToTrash, 1}, ¬
{0, none, false, -1}}
– Flag colors chosen so that messages sort by spamminess: gray, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, none
repeat with _row in _table
set {_threshold, _color, _moveToTrash, _flagColor} to _row
if _score ≥ _threshold then
if pColorSpamMessages then
set _message’s background color to _color
end if
if pUnflagSpamMessages then
set _message’s flag index to -1
end if
if pFlagSpamMessages then
set _message’s flag index to _flagColor
end if
return _moveToTrash
end if
end repeat
end tell
end colorMessageAndDecideIfShouldMoveToTrash
– Logging
on debugLog(_message)
if pEnableDebugLogging then my logToConsole(_message)
end debugLog
on logToConsole(_message)
set _logMessage to "SpamSieve [Apple Mail Rescue Good Messages] " & _message
do shell script "/usr/bin/logger -s " & _logMessage’s quoted form
end logToConsole
on makeLogMessage(_action, _mailbox, _detail)
return _action & " " & my describeMailbox(_mailbox) & ": " & _detail
end makeLogMessage
on describeMailbox(_mailbox)
tell application “Mail”
set _mailboxName to _mailbox’s name
try
set _accountName to name of _mailbox’s account
on error
set _accountName to “On My Mac”
end try
return ““” & _accountName & “” / “” & _mailboxName & “””
end tell
end describeMailbox
– Logging Helpers
on sourceFromMessage(_message)
tell application “Mail”
my debugLog(my makeLogMessage(“Getting source of message in”, _message’s mailbox, _message’s subject))
return _message’s source
end tell
end sourceFromMessage
