>> >> I have draft messages appearing in an imap folder. I would like to write >> a script that reads a message (or all messages) from that folder and >> sends it as it is, then moving the message to imap Sent folder. >> >> It seems something like mutt -H would do the job, just can’t figure out >> how to get it to read the message from the imap Drafts folder instead of >> a file. >> >> Also not sure what is the file format mutt -H expects if I were to read >> the imap folder messages into a file first? >> > > It can be done, but it's a bit tricky. > > Put the following script somewhere in your path, and make it executable: > > #!/bin/sh > printf "%s" "$1" > ~/.mutt/value > > Then execute the following script (after changing the "Drafts" and "Sent" > value if necessary): > > #!/bin/bash > mutt -e "push '<change-folder>=Drafts<enter><enter-command>set status_format > = \"get_value '%m'|\"<return><quit>'" > N=$(cat ~/.mutt/value) > for ((;N>1;N--)) > do > mutt -e 'set postponed = "=Drafts"; set record = "=Sent"; set > editor=builtin;' -e 'push > "<recall-message><select-entry>.<return><send-message><quit>"' > done > mutt -e 'set postponed = "=Drafts"; set record = "=Sent"; set > editor=builtin;' -e 'push "<recall-message>.<return><send-message><quit>"'
Thanks a lot Gregory for clarifying what's possible! That's really helpful. The script seems to be mixed with mutt-specific ui idioms though so I think I'll take a python route after all. Olli
