From: MN Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 16:57:46 +0000 (+1700) Subject: Re: Modify message after send...? X-Git-Url: http://git.tremily.us/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=98907ba3b9fbf24e4293c603d955936f0e6a406b;p=notmuch-archives.git Re: Modify message after send...? --- diff --git a/19/a8ff0a22241945f61163fdf49dcf9e22916e71 b/19/a8ff0a22241945f61163fdf49dcf9e22916e71 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..d746ef105 --- /dev/null +++ b/19/a8ff0a22241945f61163fdf49dcf9e22916e71 @@ -0,0 +1,117 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CCA06DE021D + for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:05:21 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.12 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.12 tagged_above=-999 required=5 + tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, + RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, + RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id eaUWNRxl6R7D for ; + Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:05:19 -0700 (PDT) +X-Greylist: delayed 448 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at arlo; + Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:05:19 PDT +Received: from hapkido.dreamhost.com (hapkido.dreamhost.com [66.33.216.122]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01FB66DE014A + for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 10:05:18 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from homiemail-a32.g.dreamhost.com (sub4.mail.dreamhost.com + [69.163.253.135]) + by hapkido.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 302158F465 + for ; Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:57:50 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from homiemail-a32.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by homiemail-a32.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D379584076; + Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:57:46 -0700 (PDT) +DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=nawaz.org; h=mime-version + :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:date:from:to:cc:subject + :in-reply-to:references:message-id; s=nawaz.org; bh=fe4Y7s/EeU2g + OZhqp6xSMhRWj4U=; b=G1OH1+9BTprgcxAi+lW9InicQDSomydTDC9o7WB6lnZL + McgXmypooGM/p6oXhnYOK9g8VlW5+rk3/bbubudBcDNLUZx3U2OyQ9Yuq4pc2aTN + bVnybWFLhqCqVV4PPkbnaZEy7BiDMFCGbDCcSBq6F/byEo4E/beDZr4OM2ORdMA= +Received: from roundcube.dreamhost.com (caiajhbihbdd.dreamhost.com + [208.97.187.133]) (Authenticated sender: mueen@nawaz.org) + by homiemail-a32.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 88D8F584074; + Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:57:46 -0700 (PDT) +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; + format=flowed +Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit +Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 09:57:46 -0700 +From: MN +To: David Bremner +Subject: Re: Modify message after =?UTF-8?Q?send=2E=2E=2E=3F?= +In-Reply-To: <87a8uswpan.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +References: <878uacpwse.fsf@fester.com> <87a8uswpan.fsf@maritornes.cs.unb.ca> +Message-ID: <7d2fea075322f8a87ddfc3082eb4964d@nawaz.org> +X-Sender: mailinglists@nawaz.org +User-Agent: Roundcube Webmail/0.8.2 +Cc: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 19 Jul 2015 17:05:21 -0000 + +On 2015-07-19 00:59, David Bremner wrote: +> mailinglists@nawaz.org writes: +> +>> BTW, all I really want to do is modify the From: field based on the +>> recipients (for every email, with no default From). I'll welcome +>> suggestions for existing ways to do that. I Googled a little, but +>> didn't +>> find a clear good solution. Furthermore, I expect over time the +>> rules by +>> which I pick the From: field will get more complex than my knowledge +>> of +>> Elisp. +> +> I'm afraid it's a bit "some-assembly-required", but let me mention +> one +> possible solution. +> +> At least if you just want to have a regular expression match on the +> recipient, then the example configuration in message-templ [1] may be +> enough to get you started. You'd have to either call +> message-templ-config-exec in a hook, or bind it to a key and call it +> manually to set up the headers before sending. +> +> [1]: http://pivot.cs.unb.ca/git?p=message-templ.git;a=tree + +Thanks for this. I'll see if I can follow the Elisp code. + +After sending my email, it occurred to me that message handling is not +notmuch's job - that's passed on to message-mode. I figured message-mode +must have some kind of hook before sending the email, and sure enough, +it does have message-send-hook. The example at +www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/message.html shows how one +can add headers before sending. There's also message-alternative-emails, +although that likely works only if you're replying to an email. + +A little frustrating: They have a number of functions to modify/read +fields like Subject, or To - but none for From! So I'll still have to do +some surgery. I'll likely use the send-message-hook to: + +1. Read the "To" & "cc" values. +2. Pass them to an external Python script. +3. Get the appropriate "From" field from the Python script. +4. Insert it into the From: field. + +How does one do steps 2 & 3 in Elisp? I just need a pointer. (Just +Googled and saw this: +http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5014246/how-to-capture-standard-output-of-a-shell-command-in-elisp) + +Thanks,