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macmacmac - Jun 17, 2007 - 8:20 am

Hi, can i receive an email to reminder me of an event in my entourage calender?

Many thanks

moutinhoabreu - Jun 19, 2007 - 7:29 pm

Hi

Write a rule and an applescript to place mail messages whose subject start with "[calendar] " (no quotes) into the Entourage calendar automatically, and to immediately remind yourself. It turns out that Microsoft already has a "Create Event from Message Reminder" in the script menu,

Create the AppleScript in Script Editor (see below), and save it to /Users » username » Documents » Microsoft User Data » Entourage Script Menu Items. Then set up a rule in Entourage as follows:
Choose Tools » Rules and click on the +New button
Name the rule something like email reminder
Under the first if, select Subject and then Starts With, and then type in [calendar]
Under Add Action, change the first selection to Run AppleScript, and then click on Script to select the script you saved earlier
Now, whenever you want to send yourself a reminder email, just send the email to yourself with the subject line starting with [calendar] (e.g., [calendar] remember to take out recycling!), and you're all set!

P.s.: Let me know if it worked !!!

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set selectedMessages to current messages
repeat with theMessage in selectedMessages
-- get the information from the message, and store it in variables
set theName to subject of theMessage
-- remove [calendar] from the subject
set theName to (text 12 thru (length of theName) of theName)

set theCategory to category of theMessage
set theContent to content of theMessage

-- create a new note with the information from the message
set newEvent to make new event with properties ¬
{subject:theName, category:theCategory, content:theContent, has reminder:yes, remind time:0} ¬


-- create a link between the message and the new note
link theMessage to newEvent
end repeat
end tell