bower-send

A simple multi-account mail sending script designed for Bower.

This program is designed to be used as the 'sendmail' script for Bower. It is capable of sending mail from multiple accounts, each with different settings (sendmail, postmail hooks, etc.), based on the 'from:' field of the message. It can also be used as a standalone multi-account mail sender with post-send hooks.

INSTALLATION

Simple pip, easy_install, and setup.py installations are forthcoming. For now, the easiest thing to do is probably to git clone this repository and ln -s bower-send/bower-send /usr/local/bin/.

OPTIONS

-d - Debug. Use this to test your configuration without sending mail.

QUICK START

To start using bower-send, do the following:

1. Install bower-send. Simply download and place the program in your $PATH.

2. Add 'accounts' to your ~/.config/bower/bower.conf file. They must have the following form:

   [account.<name>]
     from_address = <address-in-from:-field>
     sent_folder = <folder-to-place-sent-mail-in>
     sendmail = <command-to-run-to-send-message>
     post_sendmail = <command-to-run-after-send>
     post_post = <command-to-run-after-post_sendmail>
   
   [account.<name>]
       ...
   

   bower-send must be invoked with a message to send in stdin; Bower will do this for its sendmail hook. bower-send will look at the from: header in the message and match the email address there with one of the 'account.' blocks in your configuration. It will then send the message using 'sendmail', perform the 'post_sendmail' hook, and if it exists, perform the 'post_post' hook.

   Note that 'sendmail', 'post_sendmail', and 'post_post' are optional, while 'from_address' and 'sent_folder' are required. The defaults are:

   sendmail = msmtp -t --read-envelope-from
   post_sendmail = notmuch insert --folder=$sent_folder +sent -new
   post_post = <undefined: do nothing>
   

   Note the special $sent_folder syntax. This will be replaced with your sent_folder configuration parameter. It may be used in the following configuration parameters: "post_sendmail", "sendmail", and "post_post".

3. Set the 'sendmail' Bower configuration parameter to 'bower-send'.

4. Set the 'post_sendmail' Bower configuration parameter to empty.

5. Done!

EXAMPLES

The following examples illustrate multiple configurations:

[account.simple]
  from_address = sb@simple.com
  sent_folder = simple/Sent

[account.home]
  from_address = sergio@myhome.net
  sent_folder = home/Sent
  post_sendmail = notmuch insert --folder=$sent_folder
  post_post = afew -t -n

[account.work]
  from_address = sbenitez@work.org
  sent_folder = work/Sent Items
  sendmail: msmtp -t --account=work
  post_sendmail = notmuch insert --folder=$sent_folder
  post_post = notmuch tag +work -new -- tag:new

The 'simple' account illustrates the minimally required configuration. Any mail that is sent from the 'sb@simple.com' address will be sent using the msmtp account associated with that address. The default postmail hook is that same as Bower's, albeit specific to the account: notmuch insert is called with the 'sent_folder', the 'sent' tag is added, and the 'new' tag is removed.

The 'home' account adds the 'post_sendmail' and 'post_post' configuration items. In this case, the call to notmuch insert does not add the 'sent' tag or remove the 'new' tag. The 'post_post' hook, which is run after the 'post_sendmail' hook, calls 'afew', which will tag any 'new' mail via a set of rules. I personally use a configuration much like this one.

The 'account.work' directly specifies the sendmail command. It's 'post_post' hook directly calls notmuch to add the 'work' tag to the just-sent mail and remove the 'new' tag.

QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK

Please open a Github issue for questions, comments, or feedback.

CAVEATS

You'll need python3 to run this program.