[X4U] Following a link to a message in Mail.app?

[Stroller]

On 13 Jul 2006, at 19:58, Brian Lalor wrote:

> On Jul 13, 2006, at 10:32 AM, Robert Nicholson wrote:
>
>> Q. I want to put a link in the body that actually directs me to  
>> the actual message.
>>
>> Any url style that Mail.app can follow using an IMAP connection if  
>> I give it the path to the folder and message id say in the link?
>
> I don't know of one, but it *is* possible to do with Spotlight  
> search results; clicking on a result that's an email message will  
> open the message in Mail.  You might be able to write a URL handler  
> that will direct Mail to open said message...

Unless the IMAP server is on the Mac (ie: not following the IMAP  
connection as requested) I don't see how that could work. The unique  
Spotlight ID will be unknown to the IMAP server until it has reached  
Mail.app & cached on the Mac.

Stroller.