What's a Developer question? What a baffling message.
Regarding the pay-to-play email summarization, I'm trying hard to think
of an email message that wouldn't be quicker just to read. I see that
the summary of Henry's message (shown in Jim's link) is longer than the
message itself. :/
[email protected] wrote (at 11:48 AM on Wednesday, June 25, 2025):
That’s a Developer question.
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Please excuse the tttapping errors...
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Henry M. Seiden
Techworks Pro
On Jun 25, 2025, at 14:40, Jim Bates via mailmate
<[email protected]> wrote:
Thanks for the question - yeah, running in MM and I’m enjoying it.
I attached a link to a screenshot of your summarized email so you can
see what the result looks like...
This is a migration of a capability that I have used with NeoMutt for
a while - jam the e-mail body into OpenAI and get a summarized
response. I use it A LOT - frankly, it's used on almost all my
e-mails - unless from my wife ;) (Well, mostly!)
I created the OpenAI capability because it's a WHOLE LOT CHEAPER to
purchase $20 (US) of OpenAI credits instead of paying a monthly,
recurring $20 where I have to copy/paste to do the same thing. I also
use a similar command line function to call OpenAI functions:
Emulating ChatGPT for text queries. You can make a LOT of calls for
very little $. You can ALSO change the OpenAI Model to suit your
preference.
I'd probably have to do a significant write up on all the technical
requirements since I was initially thinking this would appeal to
existing OpenAI API users.
I'd prefer to create a set of docs for each of these steps in a
repository of some sort; I'd be curious if this will reach the
quality level to become part of the MM options. I think the
documentation should/would be appropriate as part of the bundle
distribution.
Link to my desktop screenshot:
https://user.fm/files/v2-f3e98528532bdb14506e31ae7a6efd7b/OpenAI%20Screenshot.png
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Jim Bates
(804) 690-9143 (Cell/Signal)
On 25 Jun 2025, at 14:07, Henry Seiden wrote:
Sounds interesting. I’ll give it a go if there’s a chance of
success. I take it you have this running in MM and summarizing the
email messages. Are you satisfied with the result?
Please explain a bit more about the install and key parts for
someone who hasn’t used Open AI installation for novices like me,
using Homebrew in Terminal or a link to the process as it relates to
MM - Homebrew, API references, calls, variables to add, etc.
Respectfully,
Henry Seiden
Techworks Pro Co.
E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
W: http://techworkspro.com
On 25 Jun 2025, at 12:36, Jim Bates via mailmate wrote:
Help with a BundleMailMate fans...
I have created a bundle, yes, my very first one...
PurposeThis bundle allows you to use your personal OpenAPI API KEY
to summarize the body of an e-mail.
RequirementsHomebrewYou need to install 2 packages:
w3mzenitybrew install w3m zenity
Environment VariablesYou need to create a .openai
in your home directoryAdd 2 variables:export
OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-proj-<YOUR KEY HERE>m4A”
export OPENAI_MODEL="gpt-4o"
I was wondering a few things:Is there a way to host on the MailMate
bundle site and allow updates/fixes?Is there a process to submit
this as a MailMate bundle and get on the "Bundles List for
'others'"? (Not that I'm arrogant enough to suggest it at this
point :) )-
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(804) 690-9143 (Cell/Signal)
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