[Mixalis]

I regularly send emails to me+omnifocus. It works whenever I have the computer running but seems to fail when I am out and the computer is asleep. When the computer wakes the script does not complete. I'm using the following Mail rule:

1) If Any Recipient Contains +omnifocus
2) Mark as Read
3) Mark as Flagged
4) Run AppleScript .....MailAction.applescript
5) Stop evaluating Rules

As I remember from the past, the scrip would run as soon as OF for Mac is opened or when the computer wakes (OF having remained running during sleep). Now only the first three steps above are actioned, up to setting the flag, but the AppleScript to send to OF is not executing. If I do a test message while in front of the computer the script executes correctly.

Anyone have any bright ideas?

[whpalmer4]

Do you have an iPhone or iPod touch that you also use to read your email? It has been my experience that if I send an email to my +omnifocus address at mac.com from my iPod, it will not be handed off to OmniFocus because the Mail app on my Mac won't be the first entity to handle that message, even if I don't actually read the message. If I send to a different account than the one I'm actively using, the problem does not occur.

[Mixalis]

The problem does occur when I send from my iPhone. I am sending from @me.com to @me.com and, of course, the Mail app on the iPhone downloads the message, although I leave it unread. This could be the reason and I can experiment with sending from @me.com to a different address. The strange thing is that the Rule is working on the home Mac but it stops short of running the OF script.

[Mixalis]

Further... I have tried sending from one mail account to the other but get the same result. The problem seems to be connected with sending from the iPhone, irrespective of which address I use. My @me account is set up on the iPhone as default, so I particularly wish to use this for sending. My other main service, @gmx, rejects the me+omnifocus address as invalid, so I'm back to sending from @me to @me. It ought to work...

[whpalmer4]

Well, one easy workaround is to get yourself a gmail account simply for OmniFocus' use -- gmail accepts the +omnifocus notation without complaint.

[Mixalis]

Thanks for your continued interest. I do have a gmail account but forgot. I've set it up and the messages are accepted. However, I get the same result: the message comes into the @me box, is flagged and marked as read but the message is not added to OF.

I have also stripped out the Rule so that only the AppleScript is listed. It works perfectly when I send from the Mac but doesn't work when I send from the iPhone (from gmail to @me). Strange, but it must be something to do with the iPhone sending and I wonder if anyone else has had this problem.