Steve Kinney:

I spent a decent chunk of time yesterday trying to cobble together an AppleScript that archived mail for people who use multiple mail accounts. I’m happy to say that it was a waste of time due to this delightful little application. I haven’t put it through its paces yet, but I’m optimistic.

I don’t use Gmail, so archiving email doesn’t happen automagically for me; I have to do it manually. This script, however, is just perfect — I’ve been looking for something exactly like it for over two years.

My previous method was to select one or more emails, right click, and select Move To › Archives › 2011. It wasn’t a cumbersome method per se, but it’s a hell of a lot less elegant than hitting the keystroke ⌘⌥S (Cmd–Opt–S) once I’m done with an email. The best part is that, to keep it current, I only need to run a Terminal command once a year (defaults write com.apple.mail ArchiveMailboxName "Archives/201X") and it changes the folder to which my email is archived.

(Source: kurafire)