Auto Mark as Read in Trash

[Jon Skinner]

Hi,

Is there a way that messages I delete can be Marked as Read if I delete
several at once so they do not appear as Bold in my Deleted Items or Trash
folders?

Thanks,

Jon.

 

[Diane Ross]

Is there a way that messages I delete can be Marked as Read if I delete
several at once so they do not appear as Bold in my Deleted Items or Trash
folders?

Yes, with a script, but why bother? Seriously, the Deleted Items folder is
not meant to be a folder that you use for unread messages. It¹s a trash can.

You could schedule the script to run hourly or whatever time suits your
needs.

 

[Jon Skinner]

Hi,

It¹s not that I use the Deleted Folder as a File - I t is just when I delete
several messages in one go that includes Spam etc, I do not want them to
show as unread (Bold) in the Trash...

DO you know the name of the Script to use?

Thanks,

Jon.

 

[William Smith]

Hi,

It’s not that I use the Deleted Folder as a File - I t is just when I
delete several messages in one go that includes Spam etc, I do not want
them to show as unread (Bold) in the Trash...

Hi Jon!

I suggest just right-clicking the Deleted Items folder and selecting
"Mark All as Read". Nothing in Entourage will move *and* mark items as read.

Or this AppleScript snippet (nine lines) should do it in one step:



tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set theMessages to the selection
if class of theMessages is not folder then
move theMessages to deleted items folder
repeat with aMessage in theMessages
set read status of aMessage to read
end repeat
end if
end tell



Copy and paste this into the Script Editor found in
/Applications/Utilities/AppleScript. Save it as a compiled script in
"~/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Entourage Script Menu Items" where " ~
" is your home folder. Name it "Delete and Mark Read\scomD" without the
quotes.

You can trigger this with the keyboard command:
Shift + Control + Option + Command + D (set by "\scomD")

Or you can trigger this by choosing it from the AppleScript menu in
Entourage.

I haven't tested this extensively other than to make sure it won't
delete folders. Use with caution.

Hope this helps!

--

bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
Entourage Help Page <http://entourage.mvps.org/>
Entourage Help Blog <http://blog.entourage.mvps.org/>

 

[Jon Skinner]

Thanks for your reply Bill - that is great. I will try the script solution.

Cheers,

Jon.