macOS Mail Applescript error

mysterytramp said:

"NSInternalScriptError" essentially means, I think, that Mail got the "move" message but it has no idea what to do with it. "Move" is part of the standard dictionary; every scriptable app should have it, but it's irrelevant to lots of apps. Although you want to "move" a message from one mailbox to another, Mail doesn't understand what the script is saying.

A message's "mailbox" is actually a property you can set:

Code:

set mailbox of message x to mailbox "Where I Want It"

Also, if you run this under Snow Leopard, your event list should also have reported -10004 errors every time you called "current date." Basically that is, I think, using a command inside a tell block that doesn't belong. "current date" is a function that you'd be better off calling once. I re-jiggered your code so you eliminate one calculation inside the repeat loop.

Code:

set compareToThisDate to (the current date) - (24 * 3600 * 90) -- 90 days

tell application "Mail"
	activate
	
	--set numMsg to count of messages in archiveBox
	--display dialog numMsg
	
	repeat with msg in messages in inbox
		set dateRcvd to date received in msg
		if compareToThisDate > dateRcvd then
			display dialog date string of dateRcvd
			set mailbox of msg to mailbox "Archive"
		end if
	end repeat
	
end tell

mt

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