> > Let's see... the org-contacts vs BBDB issue isn't a big deal, since > Gnorb doesn't actually do all that much with contacts right now. I'd be > happy to add tweaks to it to make it more org-contacts friendly. > > Email tracking is a bigger issue. Gnorb uses the Gnus registry to track > correspondences between messages and headlines, and obviously none of > that would work with mu4e. > > Earlier versions did tracking by storing message ids as a property on a > headline. I suppose I could go back to doing that in a mu4e-specific > library.
Message id tracking is likely the way to do it in mu4e. mu4e links seem to store this for links. [[mu4e:msgid:bn3pr0301mb0851db3e4c53993daa1e8a98b2...@bn3pr0301mb0851.namprd03.prod.outlook.com]] > > To me, the most useful thing about message tracking isn't the > identification and hinting of incoming emails. The two most useful > things (I think) are: > > 1. Taking a message and saying "this message should trigger a state > change on that Org heading there" > 2. Seeing all messages associated with a heading in their own virtual > "mailbox" > > Number one shouldn't be too difficult to implement for mu4e, as it would > mostly rely on Org's own mu4e support. Number two would be nearly > impossible, or at least impractical given my lack of familiarity with > mu4e. I am still learning many things about emails. mu4e has pretty powerful search capability via the underlying Xapian database. > > Another thing I find hugely useful is automatically transferring files > attached to incoming messages to Org headings (via org-attach). > Presumably mu4e has a way of getting at the attachments on a message, so > in theory this wouldn't be that hard, either. This sounds pretty interesting. I have never gotten that into attachments, but this might change my mind. There are functions in mu4e to view and save attachments, so this might not be hard. I am pretty interested in pursuing this, but am pretty busy for a while so progress on my end will be slow ;( > > Anyway, those are some thoughts on the issue. If you all had some > particular feature where you'd like mu4e support, let me know and I can > take a stab at it. > > Eric > >> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 12:39 PM, Eric Abrahamsen >> <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> wrote: >> >> >> John Kitchin <jkitc...@andrew.cmu.edu> writes: >> >> > unless those services have some kind of API, and you have the >> desire to >> > implement it in emacs, you might be out of luck. >> > >> > I am trying to figure out a way to do collaborative work via >> email, >> > where I am the project coordinator. The idea is to use my >> email.el code >> > to send headlines to people I need information or action from, >> and then >> > to have them reply to the email. Then, I would have some easy >> way to get >> > information out of the reply back to the heading (e.g. TODO >> state >> > change, info etc...). Probably I would embed some org-id link in >> the email, >> > and "train" the users not to delete it. This is only a >> half-baked idea >> > so far. >> > >> > It would integrate org-contacts, mu4e, and org-mode in my setup. >> >> Sounds exactly like Gnorb! Except org-contacts instead of BBDB, >> and mu4e >> instead of Gnus :( >> >> > depending in your role in the project, you might get something >> like that >> > to work too. >> > >> > Tory S. Anderson writes: >> > >> >> I've relied on Orgmode heavily for over half a decade, and I'm >> >> loathe to leave it. But what solutions have been found out >> there >> >> for using it collaboratively (where others are not using >> emacs), >> >> rather than just for personal task management (where it >> excels)? >> >> It has some integration with Trello, I know; some of my >> co-workers >> >> are advocating BaseCamp (...) and PivotalTracker. >> PivotalTracker >> >> looks pretty good, but I would rather find a way to leverage >> >> orgmode in a way that facilitates collaboration. What has >> worked >> >> for you? >> > >> > -- >> > Professor John Kitchin >> > Doherty Hall A207F >> > Department of Chemical Engineering >> > Carnegie Mellon University >> > Pittsburgh, PA 15213 >> > 412-268-7803 >> > @johnkitchin >> > http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
