[PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[Leo Famulari]

msmtp comes with a couple of scripts called msmtpq and msmtp-queue that
will queue mail locally if necessary.

https://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq

I've been using them out of the Debian msmtp package, but I'd like to
see them in Guix.

Thoughts?

Leo Famulari (1):
  gnu: msmtp: Install msmtpq.

 gnu/packages/mail.scm | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.7.1

[PATCH 1/1] gnu: msmtp: Install msmtpq.

[Leo Famulari]

* gnu/packages/mail.scm (msmtp)[arguments]: Install msmtpq scripts.
---
 gnu/packages/mail.scm | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/mail.scm b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
index 5a9f420..3266fc9 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/mail.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/mail.scm
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2015, 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Christopher Allan Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016 Al McElrath <hello@yrns.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -629,7 +630,19 @@ which can add many functionalities to the base client.")
     (arguments
      `(#:configure-flags (list "--with-libgsasl"
                                "--with-libidn"
-                               "--with-tls=gnutls")))
+                               "--with-tls=gnutls")
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-after 'install 'install-msmtpq
+           (lambda* (#:key outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                    (doc (string-append out "/share/doc"))
+                    (msmtpq (string-append "scripts/msmtpq")))
+               (install-file (string-append msmtpq "/msmtpq") bin)
+               (install-file (string-append msmtpq "/msmtp-queue") bin)
+               (install-file (string-append msmtpq "/README.msmtpq") doc)
+               #t))))))
     (synopsis
      "Simple and easy to use SMTP client with decent sendmail compatibility")
     (description
-- 
2.7.1

Re: [PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[Andy Wingo]

On Mon 22 Feb 2016 06:38, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> msmtp comes with a couple of scripts called msmtpq and msmtp-queue that
> will queue mail locally if necessary.
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq
>
> I've been using them out of the Debian msmtp package, but I'd like to
> see them in Guix.
>
> Thoughts?

Can you write up how to use it, like in
https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-11/msg00081.html ?

Cheers,

Andy

Re: [PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[Leo Famulari]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:34:22AM +0100, Andy Wingo wrote:
> On Mon 22 Feb 2016 06:38, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
> 
> > msmtp comes with a couple of scripts called msmtpq and msmtp-queue that
> > will queue mail locally if necessary.
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq
> >
> > I've been using them out of the Debian msmtp package, but I'd like to
> > see them in Guix.
> >
> > Thoughts?
> 

I realized the part of the patch that installs the README should install
it in "share/doc/msmtp", so I will make that change.

> Can you write up how to use it, like in
> https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-11/msg00081.html ?

Sure. Here's a basic configuration file for msmtp itself:

---

defaults
auth on
tls on
tls_trust_file /path/to/ca-certificates.crt

account account-name
host mail.example.com
from me@example.com
user me@example.com
passwordeval the rest of this string is an invocation of my password manager

account default : account-name

---

Once you've got that in a file called ~/.msmtprc, you can do this:
echo here's a patch | msmtp guix-devel@gnu.org

Or:
echo here's a patch | msmtpq guix-devel@gnu.org

The second method will queue mail for you in ~/.msmtp.queue if
necessary, and the queue is logged in ~/.msmtp.queue.log . The mail will
be sent the next time you are able to send mail.

In my Mutt configuration, I use it like this:
set sendmail = msmtpq
set sendmail_wait = -1 # background the 'sendmail' process but watch for
		       # a return code from msmtpq.

Users can inspect and work on the queue with the 'msmtp-queue' command,
which "calls msmtpq with the --q-mgmt command ; it exposes routines for
queue management and maintenance".

Configuration of msmtpq is supposed to be done by editing the msmtpq
script itself, but in my opinion the defaults are sensible and don't
need to be changed. I didn't even realize it was configurable until you
asked for this synopsis and I've been using for it about a year.

Re: [PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[Leo Famulari]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 12:16:51PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 10:34:22AM +0100, Andy Wingo wrote:
> > On Mon 22 Feb 2016 06:38, Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
> > 
> > > msmtp comes with a couple of scripts called msmtpq and msmtp-queue that
> > > will queue mail locally if necessary.
> > >
> > > https://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq
> > >
> > > I've been using them out of the Debian msmtp package, but I'd like to
> > > see them in Guix.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > 
> 
> I realized the part of the patch that installs the README should install
> it in "share/doc/msmtp", so I will make that change.
> 
> > Can you write up how to use it, like in
> > https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guix-devel/2015-11/msg00081.html ?
> 
> Sure. Here's a basic configuration file for msmtp itself:

Taking into account the extra information, does anyone have any
objections?

> 
> ---
> 
> defaults
> auth on
> tls on
> tls_trust_file /path/to/ca-certificates.crt
> 
> account account-name
> host mail.example.com
> from me@example.com
> user me@example.com
> passwordeval the rest of this string is an invocation of my password manager
> 
> account default : account-name
> 
> ---
> 
> Once you've got that in a file called ~/.msmtprc, you can do this:
> echo here's a patch | msmtp guix-devel@gnu.org
> 
> Or:
> echo here's a patch | msmtpq guix-devel@gnu.org
> 
> The second method will queue mail for you in ~/.msmtp.queue if
> necessary, and the queue is logged in ~/.msmtp.queue.log . The mail will
> be sent the next time you are able to send mail.
> 
> In my Mutt configuration, I use it like this:
> set sendmail = msmtpq
> set sendmail_wait = -1 # background the 'sendmail' process but watch for
> 		       # a return code from msmtpq.
> 
> Users can inspect and work on the queue with the 'msmtp-queue' command,
> which "calls msmtpq with the --q-mgmt command ; it exposes routines for
> queue management and maintenance".
> 
> Configuration of msmtpq is supposed to be done by editing the msmtpq
> script itself, but in my opinion the defaults are sensible and don't
> need to be changed. I didn't even realize it was configurable until you
> asked for this synopsis and I've been using for it about a year.
> 

Re: [PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[Ludovic Courtès]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:

> msmtp comes with a couple of scripts called msmtpq and msmtp-queue that
> will queue mail locally if necessary.
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq
>
> I've been using them out of the Debian msmtp package, but I'd like to
> see them in Guix.

[...]

> * gnu/packages/mail.scm (msmtp)[arguments]: Install msmtpq scripts.

Sounds like a worthy addition, please push!

Ludo’.

Re: [PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[Leo Famulari]

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 04:11:14PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> skribis:
> 
> > msmtp comes with a couple of scripts called msmtpq and msmtp-queue that
> > will queue mail locally if necessary.
> >
> > https://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq
> >
> > I've been using them out of the Debian msmtp package, but I'd like to
> > see them in Guix.
> 
> [...]
> 
> > * gnu/packages/mail.scm (msmtp)[arguments]: Install msmtpq scripts.
> 
> Sounds like a worthy addition, please push!

Done as 823e2ed4b3!

Re: [PATCH 0/1] Install mail queue tool with msmtp

[Ricardo Wurmus]

Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:

> msmtp comes with a couple of scripts called msmtpq and msmtp-queue that
> will queue mail locally if necessary.
>
> https://sourceforge.net/p/msmtp/code/ci/master/tree/scripts/msmtpq/README.msmtpq
>
> I've been using them out of the Debian msmtp package, but I'd like to
> see them in Guix.
>
> Thoughts?

I did not know this exists.  As a user of msmtp I’ll play with this once
it’s available in Guix.

Thanks!

~~ Ricardo