Hide Mail On Startup

[mlmorg]

Sorry about this very simple question but I can't seem to figure out how to do it:

 

How do you automatically open mail when os x starts up but keep it hidden, so it doesn't pop up but just starts in the dock. I tried going to Accounts -> Startup Items and checking the hide button but it doesn't actually hide it.

 

Thanks, Matt

[Sabr]

There may be a way to do it through Automator. And then, once you have made the Automator process, add it to your startup items.

[mlmorg]

Coincidentally the featured download on apple automator actions was this:

 

http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/hide.html

 

I tried it out, though, and the action started about 10 seconds after mail opened so it's kinda pointless.

 

I guess there's no other way to hide on startup...I figured Account->Startup Items and clicking on hide...very weird that that doesn't actually hide it.

 

Any more suggestions to try?

Thanks, Matt

[mlmorg]

I tried writing my own applescript:

 

tell application "Finder"

open application file "Mail.app" of folder "Applications" of startup disk

set visible of process "Mail" to false

end tell

 

but it says that the process "Mail" is not found. It looks like the application is not opening fast enough...so I put in a pause of a second and that did it...but it still pops up for a second...I guess that's better than nothing.

 

There's no possible way to tell it to open Mail hidden?

Thanks, Matt