AppleScript & Opening/Closing Apps

[notmarmite]

I'm sending via email a file using Hazel, Mail.app and some AppleScript.

If I have Mail open when the action runs, afterwards I can close it as usual.

If the AppleScript opens the Mail app, then I have to force quit it.

I don't want to make the AppleScript quit Mail as it may not have sent the message.

Ideally I would want to either close Mail once the message has been sent, or to be able to close it manually using CMD-Q or the menu.

I suspect this is an AppleScript challenge but I'm having trouble finding help as I don't know why this behavior exists. I suspect it's because Hazel is working at the System Events level.

Any pointers much appreciated.

[Mr_Noodle]

Do you get the same issue if you run the script outside of Hazel?