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| author | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2021-11-05 08:57:00 +0200 |
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| committer | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2021-11-05 08:57:00 +0200 |
| commit | 9665d29ed40d406012f17052ecebc211852f1880 (patch) | |
| tree | 1bdc2564c3ab67110043e6b98cbd6adb1943dbc9 | |
| parent | 1e63ab84c5d81e30f93e764b1266599c03f1220e (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | README.txt | 48 |
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diff --git a/README.pod b/README.pod deleted file mode 100644 index d4a0b98..0000000 --- a/README.pod +++ /dev/null @@ -1,54 +0,0 @@ -=head1 NAME - -muttdelay - A bash script to delay mails written via mutt - -=head1 WTF? - -This is for scheduling the sending of mails for a specific future time. Unlinke postponing a mail which does not involve the scheduling. - -=head2 How it works - -=head3 Configuring Vim - -Do the following: - - cp /usr/share/muttdelay/muttdelay.vim ~/.vim/plugin/ - echo 'map ,L :call MuttDelay()<CR>' >> ~/.vimrc - -=head3 Configuring Cron - -And create an hourly cronjob such as: - - 0 * * * * /usr/bin/muttdelay cron - -=head3 Configuring Mutt - -Configure mutt your way and ensure that you can send mails like this: - - mutt -s subject example@example.com < mail.txt - -If it works, you can go on. - -=head3 Use it - -Open mutt, compose an email. Use Vim as your editor. After finishing writing your mail don't close Vim, but run - - ,L - -and the mail gets scheduled for sending for a later time. You can now leave vim without sending the mail via mutt directly. - -The mail itself is saved to - - ~/.muttdelay/SENDTIMESTAMP.COMPOSETIMESTAMP - -The cron job checks if there is any SENDTIMESTAMP lower than the current unix time stamp. And if so, all matching mails are sent. - -=head1 LICENSE - -See package description or project website. - -=head1 AUTHOR - -Paul C. Buetow - <http://paul.buetow.org> - -=cut diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d8c4a9e --- /dev/null +++ b/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +NAME + muttdelay - A bash script to delay mails written via mutt + +WTF? + This is for scheduling the sending of mails for a specific future time. + Unlinke postponing a mail which does not involve the scheduling. + + How it works + Configuring Vim + Do the following: + + cp /usr/share/muttdelay/muttdelay.vim ~/.vim/plugin/ + echo 'map ,L :call MuttDelay()<CR>' >> ~/.vimrc + + Configuring Cron + And create an hourly cronjob such as: + + 0 * * * * /usr/bin/muttdelay cron + + Configuring Mutt + Configure mutt your way and ensure that you can send mails like this: + + mutt -s subject example@example.com < mail.txt + + If it works, you can go on. + + Use it + Open mutt, compose an email. Use Vim as your editor. After finishing + writing your mail don't close Vim, but run + + ,L + + and the mail gets scheduled for sending for a later time. You can now + leave vim without sending the mail via mutt directly. + + The mail itself is saved to + + ~/.muttdelay/SENDTIMESTAMP.COMPOSETIMESTAMP + + The cron job checks if there is any SENDTIMESTAMP lower than the current + unix time stamp. And if so, all matching mails are sent. + +LICENSE + See package description or project website. + +AUTHOR + Paul C. Buetow - <http://paul.buetow.org> + |