MacOS – How to create an automator to forward mail

Try:

function TJ() {
  var threads = GmailApp.search('label:inbox is:starred');
  for (var h = 0; h < threads.length; h++) {
    var messages = threads[h].getMessages();
    for (var i = 0; i < messages.length; i++) {
      if (messages[i].isStarred())
      {
        Logger.log(messages[i].getSubject());
        messages[i].unstar();
        messages[i].forward("recipient1@example.com", {
          // Advanced parameters: https://developers.google.com/apps-script/reference/gmail/gmail-message#forward%28String,Object%29
          cc: "myboss@example.com",
          bcc: "mybosses-boss@example.com,vp@example.com"
          });     
      }
  }
}
}

For more information regarding Google Apps Script, see this post: http://www.johneday.com/422/time-based-gmail-filters-with-google-apps-script

It does not appear that Automator by itself has enough vocabulary to perform this task, but with a little Applescript you can get there.

If you've upgraded to Mavericks you can use a library to add ICU regular expressions to your script, but awk, sed, and Perl give you plenty of parsing power without them.

I run Applescript on my system using FastScripts or Keyboard Maestro but an Automator service should work as well.

Note that this script is not a complete answer to your problem but provides most of the tools you need solve it.

-ccs

try

    set lookUpAgent to "http://www.lookip.net/whois/"

    tell application "Mail"
        set selMsgList to selection
        if selMsgList ≠ {} then
            set selMsg to item 1 of selMsgList
            tell selMsg
                set headerText to all headers
            end tell
        else
            error "No messages were selected!"
        end if
    end tell

    # Parse the header-text to your heart's content.
    # A simple example:
    set parsedText to do shell script "egrep -i ^received: <<< " & quoted form of headerText

    # Let's say the IP address you parse out is:
    set ipAdrs to "17.172.224.47"

    set lookUpUrl to lookUpAgent & ipAdrs

    tell application "Safari"
        activate
        make new document with properties {URL:lookUpUrl}
    end tell

on error e number n
    set e to e & return & return & "Num: " & n
    tell me to set dDlg to display dialog e with title ¬
        "ERROR!" buttons {"Cancel", "Copy", "OK"} default button "OK"
    if button returned of dDlg = "Copy" then set the clipboard to e
end try