Dear Jakub,
Jakub Jindra via Mutt-users (2023/07/31 08:50 +0200):
> I remember replying to a similar post on Unix Stackexchange in the past:
> https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/554369/85046
That sounds like a very cool starting point, thanks!
AIUI it uses MSMTP as an intermediate queuing system.
Hello Sébastian,
I remember replying to a similar post on Unix Stackexchange in the past:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/554369/85046
Best,
JJ
On 2023-07-29 12:07, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
Dear all,
I would like to be able to respond to emails quickly to have it done but
defer the actual
On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 12:07:37PM +0200, Sébastien Hinderer wrote:
I believe that more integrated solutions like Thunderbird do have
such scheduled deferred sending features...
Thunderbird does have that (called "send later"), but can only send
when it's running, so is probably not what you
On Sat, Jul 29, 2023 at 11:00:32AM +, Claus Assmann wrote:
> Use a script as "sendmail" program for mutt which
> - submits the mail but tells the MTA to only queue it,
> - gets the info about the queued msg from the MTA when
> it accepts the mail,
> - schedules a queue run for that item at
Many thanks, Claus. I'll definitely investigate these ideas and see how
they map or don't map in Exim terminology. Will report back here in any
case.
Just some idea (untested):
Use a script as "sendmail" program for mutt which
- submits the mail but tells the MTA to only queue it,
- gets the info about the queued msg from the MTA when
it accepts the mail,
- schedules a queue run for that item at the desired time.
and make sure the MTA does
Christopher Zimmermann (2023/07/29 12:55 +0200):
> I'm pretty sure this feature is only implemented in the MUA, not the MTA.
> Therefore if the MUA is offline at the time of the scheduled dispatch, the
> mail will be delayed longer.
Yeah that's why I had the idea of doing it in the MTA because it
I'm pretty sure this feature is only implemented in the MUA, not the
MTA. Therefore if the MUA is offline at the time of the scheduled
dispatch, the mail will be delayed longer.
In a unix environment you could accomplish such a task using a cronjob
via at(1).
Christopher
Dear all,
I would like to be able to respond to emails quickly to have it done but
defer the actual sending of the response to slow down conversations.
Ideally at the moment of sending I would specify a date and time after
which I am fine with the mail being sent. For example, I respond to an
