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Subject: Re: Dreaming of tag-based e-mailing
From: Arian Kuschki <arian.kuschki@googlemail.com>
To: "Fernando H. F. Botelho" <fernando.botelho@f123.org>
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On 7 April 2012 02:23, Fernando H. F. Botelho <fernando.botelho@f123.org>wrote:

> 1. I tag incoming messages with any number of arbitrary tags, and these
> get assigned not just to that specific e-mail message, but also to the
> contact (i.e. email address) behind it.
>

You can construct a list of email addresses from a list of emails, so what
you want should be doable without tagging contacts, which is currently not
possible directly. You just tag your messages as you like, either manually
through one of the GUIs, or automatically with a script.


> 2. I decide I have a message to send to every person that has tag A, B, D,
> F, and Z, and I select those and the e-mail client allows me to e-mail my
> message to every contact that has all of those tags.
>

You can construct a list of email addresses that have sent you at least one
email for each tag. This can be done with the notmuch much command-line
interface and a minimal amount of scripting, for example with shell script.
With this list of addresses, you can then start your mail client of choice
with a new compose window already opened that contains all these addresses.
I know this works with Thunderbird, many other clients should also support
this.

The only open question I see is what kind of interface you would like to
use to select a set of tags. I am not sure what is the most convenient way
for you, but this should not be hard either. Feel free to contact me off
list if you have any further questions.

Hth,
Arian

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<div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 7 April 2012 02:23, Fernando H. F. Botelho <s=
pan dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:fernando.botelho@f123.org" target=3D"=
_blank">fernando.botelho@f123.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote clas=
s=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;pad=
ding-left:1ex">

1. I tag incoming messages with any number of arbitrary tags, and these get=
 assigned not just to that specific e-mail message, but also to the contact=
 (i.e. email address) behind it.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>You ca=
n construct a list of email addresses from a list of emails, so what you wa=
nt should be doable without tagging contacts, which is currently not possib=
le directly. You just tag your messages as you like, either manually throug=
h one of the GUIs, or automatically with a script.</div>

<div>=C2=A0</div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8=
ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
2. I decide I have a message to send to every person that has tag A, B, D, =
F, and Z, and I select those and the e-mail client allows me to e-mail my m=
essage to every contact that has all of those tags.<br></blockquote><div>

=C2=A0</div><div>You can construct a list of email addresses that have sent=
 you at least one email for each tag. This can be done with the notmuch muc=
h command-line interface and a minimal amount of scripting, for example wit=
h shell script. With this list of addresses, you can then start your mail c=
lient of choice with a new compose window already opened that contains all =
these addresses. I know this works with Thunderbird, many other clients sho=
uld also support this.=C2=A0</div>

<div><br></div><div>The only open question I see is what kind of interface =
you would like to use to select a set of tags. I am not sure what is the mo=
st convenient way for you, but this should not be hard either. Feel free to=
 contact me off list if you have any further questions.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hth,</div><div>Arian</div></div>

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