Posts Tagged ‘remote control’

Five smart ways to use rules in Mail.app

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Rules

  1. Automatically mark emails needing a reply: A poster on macOSXHints describes how to set up a rule that will automatically mark incoming emails requesting a reply. Easily adaptable to other uses.
  2. Catch image spam: A new brand of image-based spam can outfox Mail.app’s junk filter. Luckily, an easy-to-construct rule will stop it in its tracks again.
  3. Remotely schedule torrent downloads: Matt Comi shows you how to construct a rule that will automatically strip out a torrent that you email to yourself and pass it to Azureus to begin the download. Bittorrenting from work without guilt or fear!
  4. Control your home Mac remotely: Attached to a mail.app rule, this applescript can automate a select number of tasks when prompted by emails with the right keywords. A couple of apps make this even easier to set up.
  5. AppleScripted Auto-replies: Michelle Steiner has written an applescript that will generate auto-replies when attached to a Mail.app rule. Macresponder does the same thing with more options but costs money.
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Downloading torrents remotely via Mail.app

Saturday, June 17th, 2006

azureus100pxMatt Comi at Big Bucket Amusement has worked out a clever way to begin downloading torrents at home.

He configures Mail.app using a rule and an AppleScript so that it automatically strips out any torrent that you might email to your home computer from work or wherever and passes it to Azureus which starts the download.

His post contains the Applescript, screenshots and instructions on how to set this up.

[Via macOSXHints ]

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Remotely control your Mac via AppleScript

Thursday, May 4th, 2006

puppetA poster on macOSXHints has written an AppleScript that allows you to control your Mac remotely, performing a variety of tasks that you can trigger using an email in Mail.app.

Unable to connect to his Mac at home via VNC or SSH due to a firewall, he developed a script. When added to a rule in Mail.app, it is triggered by keywords in an email that send to your Mac at home.

The script can get a file to post back to you, launch an application, perform a shell script or save an attachment to a certain location.

If you are not worried about the security implications of this, you can also check out two other apps, Commander and RCMail, which offer the same “remote control” functions via Mail.app and AppleScript.

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