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Function: Converts the selected images to jpg, resizes to the user-input pixel dimensions and attached to a new Mail message.
Author: Automator World
Notes: Not only is this handy for those who don’t use iPhoto, but it’s also good for emailing work documents, such as exported PDFs, that you don’t want a client to have a hi-res version of. It works best as a Contextual Menu Plug-in; copy into ~/Library/Workflows/Applications/Finder/. It also works well as an Application for drag-and-drop use.
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I’d also love for the Send Mail to actually send mail. Do you really think that Apple deliberately broke it to prevent spam? Then what is the point of having a ‘Send Mail’ task at all?
It is simply broken IMO, and unless enough people complain directly to Apple, it will not be fixed for a long time.
Comment by James — August 4, 2005 @ 12:57 am
I’ve reported these bugs to Apple. Hopefully they’ll do something soon to fix them. I was hoping to use some complicated (and circuitous) Automator functions for a project for work. The whole thing hinges on Mail, though. I’ll keep my fingers crossed. And in the meantime, I’ll have to brush up on my Applescript.
Comment by Scott Moschella — May 8, 2005 @ 10:36 pm
No, combine messages, send outgoing messages and a couple others don’t work for me either… it’s a shame too because they’re the easiest way to quickly get data from one computer to another.
Comment by Marcus — May 6, 2005 @ 6:35 am
I’ve noticed that several of the Mail Automator Actions are broken or semi-functioning. Especially the “Send Outgoing Messages” action (which is supposed to trigger SEND on a composed message but does not) and the “Combine Mail Messages” action (which is supposed to concatenate several emails into one text file… which would be QUITE handy if it worked at all). “Filter Mail Items” also seems wonky.
Am I the only one running into these problems? I’m pretty certain that this is not a case of user error.
Comment by Scott Moschella — May 4, 2005 @ 3:12 am
Try the “Send outgoing Messages” action.
Comment by Steve — May 3, 2005 @ 2:44 pm