From: Michael Radziej <mir@spieleck.de>
To: Florian Friesdorf <flo@chaoflow.net>, notmuch@notmuchmail.org
Subject: Re: (auto-)tagging sent messages
In-Reply-To: <8739ll8dkv.fsf@eve.chaoflow.net>
References: <8739ll8dkv.fsf@eve.chaoflow.net>
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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:44:06 +0200
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Hi Florian!

On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 10:03:12 +0200, Florian Friesdorf <flo@chaoflow.net> wrote:
> Further, for certain mails I sent (like this one ) I would like a
> WAITING tag (or similar) in order to indicate that I am waiting for an
> answer. Currently I set this manually. Could this be achieved through
> some indicators via message mode or similar means? e.g.:

I use a X-Wait header (like X-Wait: 2, meaning to wait for 2 days). If
there is no activity in the thread within time, it receives additional tags
"late" and "inbox". If an answer to a waiting mail arrives, it receives a tag "expected".

Here's some python code that does the tagging (I haven't tested it):


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Content-Type: text/x-python
Content-Disposition: inline; filename=tagging-wait.py
Content-Description: python code

import notmuch, re, time

MY_ADDR = 'my email address'

db =  notmuch.Database(mode=notmuch.Database.MODE.READ_WRITE)

def query(qstring):
    return db.create_query(qstring).search_messages()

def query_threads(qstring):
    return db.create_query(qstring).search_threads()

def timeout(msg):
    try:
        wait_days = msg.get_header('X-Wait')
        if wait_days:
            wait_days = int(wait_days)
            return time.time() > msg.get_date() + 24 * 60 * 60 * int(wait_days)
    except ValueError:
        return False

def run():
    new_thread_ids = set(t.get_thread_id() for t in query_threads('tag:new'))
    new_thread_clause = '(%s)' % " or ".join("thread:%s" % t for t in new_thread_ids)

    # checking all "wait" and "late" threads
    for msg in query('tag:wait'):
        thread_id = msg.get_thread_id()
        if thread_id in new_thread_ids:
            msg.remove_tag('wait')
            msg.remove_tag('late')
            for new_msg in query('thread:%s and tag:new' % thread_id):
                new_msg.add_tag('expected')
        else:
            if 'late' not in msg.get_tags() and timeout(msg):
                msg.add_tag('late')
                msg.add_tag('inbox')
                msg.remove_tag('wait')

    # handle sent messages
    for msg in query('tag:new and (tag:sent or from:%s)' % MY_ADDR):
        msg.add_tag('sent')
        if msg.get_header('X-Wait'):
            msg.add_tag('wait')

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Kind regards

Michael Radziej

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