[MacRuby-devel] Basic delayed email method

Tue Oct 23 07:52:11 PDT 2012

Hi Cliff,

Did you manage to find the SBSendEmail sample code:

https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#samplecode/SBSendEmail/Introduction/Intro.html

The sample they have looks a bit different from what you have. I haven't tried it out myself, but their documentation seems quite thorough and was updated only a year ago.

On 2012-10-23, at 5:28 AM, Steve Clarke <steve at sclarkes.me.uk> wrote:

> Just had a closer look at what I did with sending mail and I think my earlier reply was probably  wrong, or at least not helpful.  I think the difficulty arises because there are some things that ScriptingBridge is unable to do.  I could not find a way to create an outgoing message with ScriptingBridge and I had to resort to running a trivial applescript (using NSAppleScript executeAndReturnError)  to do the job for me.  If anyone knows a better way I'd be delighted to hear about it! 
> 
> I created the applescript from a template that I modified in my code before I executed it.  I guess Cliff could adopt a similar approach to copy subject, content etc from his draft.
> 
> Here's the template.  The %HTML% and %SUBJECT% are placeholders that get replaced by the actual values before execution.
> 
> =========================
> tell application "Mail"
> 	activate
> 	set htmlMsg to "%HTML%"
> 	set subjecta to "%SUBJECT%"
> 	set theMsg to make new outgoing message with properties ¬
> 		{subject:subjecta, html content:htmlMsg & return & return, content:""}
> end tell
> =========================
> 
> Steve
> 
> On 23 Oct 2012, at 07:06, Cliff Rosson <cliff.rosson at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> So playing around a little with this I was able to browse and find messages via macruby. On the other hand I cannot figure out how to send a drafted email. Here is what I have so far.
>> 
>> My drafts folder has 1 message in it ready to be sent.
>> 
>> mail = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.mail")
>> my_account = mail.accounts.select { |account| account.name == "MyAccountName" }.first
>> drafts_folder = my_account.mailboxes.select { |mailbox| mailbox.name == "Drafts" }.first
>> draft = drafts_folder.messages.first
>> 
>> I need to use the send method somehow. I think I need to make a new MailOutgoingMessage but I would like to make this message based on my already existing draft message.
>> 
>> Any know how this is done?
>> 
>> I had hoped it would have been as simple as draft.send. :)
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Mark Rada <mrada at marketcircle.com> wrote:
>> Hi Rob,
>> 
>> I think Colin answered this fairly well. Personally, I prefer to use GCD when available because I find the API simpler and GCD stuff works with or without run loops.
>> 
>> --
>>         Mark
>> 
>> 
>> On 2012-10-20, at 2:40 PM, Robert Carl Rice <rice.audio at pobox.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Hi Mark,
>> >
>> > I use NSTimer a lot in my apps. What is the advantage of using GCD API?
>> >
>> > There is an excellent tutorial on the web for specifically for setting up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail but I forget where I saw it. On warning; if you set up ScriptingBridge for Apple Mail don't try to take a snapshot in Xcode 4. Xcode will follow the link to mail and include all of your mailboxes in the snapshot. I don't know if there is a way to stop this behavior.
>> >
>> > Bob Rice
>> >
>> > On Oct 19, 2012, at 6:50 PM, Mark Rada <mrada at marketcircle.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Busy looping for an hour would be really bad. I assume you would have a sleep in there, but then you're still polling.
>> >>
>> >> If you are using MacRuby, looking at the GCD API would be a good idea. You could do something like this:
>> >>
>> >> def schedule_email q
>> >>   q.after(3600) do
>> >>       # Send email
>> >>       schedule_email q
>> >>   end
>> >> end
>> >>
>> >> schedule_email Dispatch::Queue.new("com.rosson.delayed.email")
>> >>
>> >> NSRunLoop.currentRunLoop.run
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> As for actually sending emails, if you want to have things go through Apple Mail you could use the ScriptingBridge framework which has a few tutorials online (but for iTunes):
>> >>
>> >> http://arstechnica.com/apple/2011/09/tutorial-os-x-automation-with-macruby-and-the-scripting-bridge/
>> >>
>> >> AXElements is another option that I am biased in favour of; but it may not be passive enough for your requirements.
>> >>
>> >> HTH,
>> >>      Mark
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 2012-10-19, at 6:12 PM, Cliff Rosson <cliff.rosson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi Everyone,
>> >>>
>> >>> I am fairly new to macruby and am having trouble finding some basic documentation to help me out. I would like to write a simple app that sends a delayed email based on Time from mac mail.
>> >>>
>> >>> I am thinking of something like this,
>> >>>
>> >>> time = Time.now + 3600
>> >>> while true
>> >>> case time
>> >>> when Time.now
>> >>>   #Send email
>> >>> end
>> >>> end
>> >>>
>> >>> Being able to respond to certain emails or send an email from a draft would be a huge benefit. Can anyone point me in the write direction to accomplish this? I am decently proficient in ruby but don't know where to start with MacRuby.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks everyone
>> >>>
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