Re: [Orgmode] keeping track of sent emails in org?

[Carsten Dominik]

On Oct 29, 2008, at 12:27 PM, Pete Phillips wrote:

> > > > > > "Sebastian" == Sebastian Rose <address@hidden> writes:
>
>    Sebastian> Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> > > In the git version, message ids are now used for links to gnus
> > > articles.  Could some of you please verify this change?
>
>    Sebastian> How to?  I did a `C-c l' in an outgoing message and a
>    Sebastian> `C-c C-l' in an Org-file.  The link created was:
>
>    Sebastian> [[file:emacs/gnus/News/drafts/drafts/2::asdf][Test for
>    Sebastian> outgoing mail link]]
>
>    Sebastian> Is this, what's expected? Or do I have to set something
>    Sebastian> up first?
>
> As far as I am aware, message ID's are generated by the MTA, not the
> MUA. Therefore I doubt that you can link to a message that hasn't been
> through the MTA. Certainly in mh-e, when I'm editing a draft, there is
> no Message-ID in the header, so I doubt if what Sebastien is trying to
> do above will work (unless gnus generates the ID during composition of
> the email ?)

Sacha calls the link creating code in message-sent-hook, and I believe  
at this moment in time, the message-id is present.  So `C-c l' before  
sending will not help.  But a function in the hook cold get there.

Here is an idea for storing links to sent messages in the outline- 
tree:  Write a function that remembers the current location in the  
outline tree (by creating a marker), calls up a message buffer, and  
installs a special hook function that will create a link to the sent  
message and insert it back at the position in the outline tree where  
the email command was called.  This could be made to work even from an  
agenda view.

- Carsten