Andy, On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 07:38 +0100, andy wrote: > Mats Taraldsvik wrote: > > Hi! > > > > I got so annoyed with the undescriptive subject lines it's learning > > alerts ( itslearning.com ) (and my university) uses, that I wrote a > > Python script (attached) to take care of this. > > > > -> I added a filter rule to pipe the mail to this script. > > > > It uses an smtp-client in python standard library to send mail to > > evolution, and regular expressions to get info from the contents and add > > to the subject line. > > > > I can help with tweaking the script, if you find use for it. > > > > Regards, > > Mats Taraldsvik > > > > On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 17:22 +0100, andy wrote: > > > >> Reid Thompson wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, 2008-05-20 at 12:20 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> Or what about 'redirect'ing the mail to yourself i.e. > >>>> > >>>> Message -> Forward As -> Redirect > >>>> > >>>> Then fill in your own address as the To: and change the subject line to > >>>> whatever you want. This will cause a new message to be created (which > >>>> is the only way of doing what you want), but will retain the rest of the > >>>> email intact. > >>>> > >>>> This would also be a way of dealing with removing attachments. > >>>> > >>>> Pete > >>>> > >>>> > >>> Edit as New Message, Save Draft does create a 'new' message -- it's > >>> essentially a copy with modifications. The Message-id is changed > >>> i.e. the message id from your email > >>> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> Edit as New Message, Save Draft > >>> > >>> the message id from the Draft > >>> Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> > >>> and placing both emails in the same folder with threading on, lists the > >>> draft as a thread child to your email > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Evolution-list mailing list > >>> Evolution-list@gnome.org > >>> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> Dear Paul, Reid, Patrick & Pete > >> > >> First off, thank you very much for all of your replies and > >> suggestions. Those are all very much appreciated and there are a > >> number of pretty decent workarounds contained therein. > >> > >> My wife has seemingly stumbled on a fix that she feels comfortable > >> with which is a variation of something already suggested: she will > >> merely forward these emails to herself with the subject line she wants > >> that will be meaningful to her and delete the original. It's a bit of > >> a pain, but I will monitor some of those emails and see if there is > >> some way that I can (semi-)automate this process - e.g. when an email > >> from Companies House arrives, set a rule to forward it to her email > >> address and so it will pop-up waiting for a new subject line. > >> > >> Once again, thank you so much from both of us! > >> > >> You're a good crowd. > >> > >> All the best > >> > >> Andy > >> > >> -- > >> > >> "If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry > >> about the answers." - Thomas Pynchon, "Gravity's Rainbow" > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Evolution-list mailing list > >> Evolution-list@gnome.org > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > >> > Mats > > Thank you for sending me this code/ programme - that's very generous of you! > > Not being a programmer, but familiar with some basic Python, please let > me know if I have understood this properly: > > The programme is executed before Evolution retrieves emails from the > server, iterates through the emails on the server and, according to > specific terms of the regular expression, will retitle subject lines. > From there, it passes the function back to Evo to download the emails. > > Is that a correct reading of the code's functionality?
Not exactly. Remember that this script is applied as a filter, and hence excecutes after the retrieval of the original mail. The script recieves the content of the mail with "pipe to program". Then, the script sends a new mail/copy to your own address, via your smtp-server, where regex and everything else in the program is applied. So, what I did was to set my mail filters to pipe my mail through this script, and then delete it (make sure everythin works before adding delete). Then I recieve my modified mail, that my Python script sent ( make sure that the filter does not apply to this too, by changing the sender adress or subject a bit, depending on your filters matching criteria ). > > If so, I presume that there is an option within Evo to execute code > before it runs its mail fetch or mail send operations, and that this > code would be called at that time? > > Once again, many thanks Mats for your generosity in sharing this and in > your offer of help. That was really thoughtful of you. > > All the best > > Andy > > -- > I've tried to comment the code more extensively. If you can't figure it out, don't be afraid to contact me ( privately ). Mats
''' Copyright (C) 2008 Mats Taraldsvik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/> ''' #!/usr/bin/python import sys, re import smtplib from email.MIMEText import MIMEText ################## VARIABLES ####### SMTPSERVER = 'smtp.server.com' # Your smtp server SENDERADR = "Name Surname <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" # From: field TOADR = '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' # To: field ################################### def send_mail (senderadr , destinationadr , subject , contents, server='localhost') : # Defines the send_mail function. Used in the last line. mail = MIMEText(contents, _charset="utf-8") # Set right encoding/charset here if necessary. mail['From'] = senderadr mail['Subject'] = subject mail['To'] = destinationadr smtp = smtplib.SMTP(server) smtp.sendmail(senderadr , [ destinationadr ], mail.as_string()) smtp.close() # Execution start message = sys.stdin.readlines() #read the mail that is parsed from stdin with "pipe to program" in evolution headerflag = False contentstring = '' for line in message : if headerflag : contentstring += line.strip('\n') # Collects content in a string if not headerflag : if line == '\n' : # If the last item in header list is a newline character, this works for separating headers and content headerflag = True regexp = re.compile(r'med tittelen "(.*)"') #Regex to grab text if re.search( 'har nettopp skrevet et innlegg i et emne du abonnerer' , contentstring) : #If we find this text in the content regex_subject = 'Diskusjon.no - Nytt innlegg' + ' [ ' + regexp.search(contentstring).groups()[0] + ' ] ' # This is the new subject else : regex_subject = "Diskusjon.no [ ]" #If not, this is the subject. send_mail(SENDERADR, TOADR, regex_subject, contentstring , SMTPSERVER) # This function, defined above, sends the mail, from python.
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