Comments on: How to: Bring back bounce in OS X Mail

By: phil

phil — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 14:39:57 +0000

the only problem with it is if you use the script the mail gets bounce with a header created and not the original header.
for example. I get most of my spam to my .Mac address, but my main email address that I use now is .me , as configured in mail. This bounce will return the mail to sender as if it was sent to my .me address. defeating to point.

By: HBT

HBT — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:34:14 +0000

I noticed that AFTER using Bounce, if you are using [in my case] IMAP (.me) emil addresses, it eventually RE-DOWNLOADS the bounced and deleted email. Is there a way to keep this from happening.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:08 +0000

There is an app available for bouncing email. Called BounceMyX on iTunes store

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 09:56:12 +0000

This worked for me – first time i have used Automator – so just to help any other newbies –

1. To get to “Get Selected Mail Messages” you need to select “Get Selected Mail Items” in the Library (or if you go down the Library List you can click on Mail and then “Get Selected Mail Items”).

2. I typed the script but was not sure whether to type it inside the brackets (* type……*) – i just omitted the brackets and asterisks and typed it exactly as in the article with a space between each line.

3. I added the instruction “delete eachMessage” as Jeff said.

So I am really pleased to have Bounce back thank you.

By: Joat

Joat — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:33:07 +0000

Bob: You may need to change the quote marks if you have used copy/paste, from the curly open and close quotes to the plain double-quote mark.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 04:50:07 +0000

I keep getting ” Syntec Error Expected expression, property or key form, etc. but found unknown token.

Using this script

on run (input, parameters)

tell application “Mail”

repeat with eachMessage in input

bounce eachMessage

end repeat

end tell

end run

By: SilentCat

SilentCat — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:16:35 +0000

The straight quotation marks did it for me. And I canNOT thank you enough for restoring this function, along with getting my temper under control again. All the best!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 16:40:31 +0000

Thanks…

It works fine.

Add:

delete eachmessage

after the line

bounce eachMessage

to delete each message after it is bounced.

By: Upgrade to Lion | Colin Charles Agenda

Upgrade to Lion | Colin Charles Agenda — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:29:57 +0000

[...] ability to bounce a message has disappeared. There is a guide on how to bring bounce back, using Automator and AppleScript. I think I’ve got to edit that script to ensure that after a [...]

By: Christoffer

Christoffer — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 23:56:26 +0000

Is it meant to delete the message from Mail?
Mine didn’t delete so I’m not sure if it worked

By: Wigglesworth

Wigglesworth — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 12:11:43 +0000

Works like a charm! Thanks!

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:26:25 +0000

I did this, and didn’t get any errors…but when I try to test it by bouncing a message that I send to myself…nothing happens. I don’t ever receive a bounce e-mail.

By: spydie

spydie — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 23:14:45 +0000

It only works if I send mail to myself. It does not bounce mail back to anyone else. What’s wrong?