Automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book

[SWE]

Is there a way to automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book?
I'm using Entourage X version 10.1.4.

 

[neo335]

Is there a way to automatically put people I reply to in my Address Book?
I'm using Entourage X version 10.1.4.

I don't know if it works on OS X but in OS 9.2.2 just Control Click on the
reply to address and you will get an option to add to address book.

 

[SWE]

that does work, and that's what i've been doing. but in outlook express (on
the pc anyway) there is a setting that when you reply to a message you
received, the address is automatically added to your address book. anybody
know if this feature exists, or if there's a script, macro, or plug-in that
will do it for me?

 

[Diane Ross]

I don't know if it works on OS X but in OS 9.2.2 just Control Click on the
reply to address and you will get an option to add to address book.

You can also use the shortcut command-= (easy to remember since it has the
plus sign).

Personally, I wouldn't want everyone I reply to be added to my address book
and like the ability to selectively add contacts. That's just me.

Tip: to find scripts for Entourage check

http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/

 

[earlybird]

I set up a simple rule to make that happen. It works very well.

Just set up a new rule (via Tools) and set up the following 2
conditions, executing "if all criteria are met"

If "any recipient" "is not in address book"
and "is not junk mail"

Then
"add sender to address book"

click the Enable box and unclick the "do not apply other rules" box

You'e done.

 

[Paul Berkowitz]

I set up a simple rule to make that happen. It works very well.

Just set up a new rule (via Tools) and set up the following 2
conditions, executing "if all criteria are met"

If "any recipient" "is not in address book"
and "is not junk mail"

Then
"add sender to address book"

click the Enable box and unclick the "do not apply other rules" box

You'e done.

That puts everyone who sends you a message into your Address Book, including
the hundreds of spammers who send you messages you don't want. It guarantees
that new messages from the spammers (or from people sending you unsolicited
email, whatever you call them) will never be marked as junk. That's not what
Moira asked for.

Instead, make an Outgoing Rule (Tools/Rules/Outgoing Rules):

IF

Any To Recipient [or Any Recipient] Is not in Address Book

THEN

Run AppleScript <Script>

Save the following script in Script Editor to the Entourage Script Menu
Items folder, and navigate to it by clicking the <Script> button above.

---------------------Add Recipient to Address Book-----------------------

tell application "Microsoft Entourage"
set theMsg to item 1 of (get current messages)
set addressRecords to address of every recipient of theMsg whose
recipient type is to recipient
repeat with addressRecord in addressRecords
set dName to display name of addressRecord as Unicode text
set eAddress to address of addressRecord
set foundContacts to find eAddress
if foundContacts = {} then
if dName ‚ "" then
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {" "}
set lName to last text item of dName
try
set fName to (text items 1 thru -2 of dName) as Unicode
text
on error
set fName to ""
end try
else
set {fName, lName} to {"", ""}
end if
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to {""}
make new contact with properties {first name:fName, last
name:lName, email address:eAddress}
end if
end repeat
end tell

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If you want to include CC recipients, remove from 'whose' i nthe third line.
Change it to:

set addressRecords to address of every recipient of theMsg

--
Paul Berkowitz
MVP Entourage
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/toc.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

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