Using "Outbox" with multiple accounts

[codesoap]

It would be really nice if I could specify different Outbox values for different mail accounts in my ~/.mblaze/profile.

Is my understanding correct, that currently all mail I write will be saved in the same Outbox-maildir, no matter what the from address was? How do you deal with this?

[leahneukirchen]

Easiest way is to use multiple profile files.

[codesoap]

Thanks for the tip! I guess then I'll write a little script that swaps my profiles quickly.

[Anachron]

I did the same, called it mfrom and works msmtp. If you need help feel free to reply.

Edit: Here is the script: https://github.com/Anachron/void/blob/master/exe/mfrom

[codesoap]

Thanks for the input, @Anachron! I've chosen not to modify the mblaze profile, but to link it to different profiles. Thus I've written my own little script.

If anyone is interested, I'll append the script. I call it macc. For it to work you have to use msmtp and provide different ~/.mblaze/profile_<YOUR_PROFILE> files. Note that <YOUR_PROFILE> needs to be the same name as the profile in your ~/.msmtprc.

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# Change the mail account via which mails are sent.

if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Please give exactly one argument: A regex matching the desired account"
    exit 1
fi

# Select the desired account from the ones available
available_profiles=$(ls $HOME/.mblaze/profile_* | xargs -I '{}' -n1 \
    sh -c 'basename "{}" | cut -d_ -f2-')
selected_profile=$(echo "$available_profiles" | grep "$1")
if [ -z "$selected_profile" ]; then
    echo "No profiles match the regex. Aborting..."
    exit 1
elif [ $(echo "$selected_profile" | wc -l) -ne 1 ]; then
    echo "Multiple profiles match the regex. Aborting..."
    exit 1
fi
echo "Selected profile '$selected_profile'."

# Change the default msmtp account
# Careful! For this to work the name of your profile needs to match the
# profile in '~/.msmtprc'.
echo "Updating default account in '$HOME/.msmtprc'."
sed -i "s/\(^account default[[:space:]]*:\).*/\1 $selected_profile/" \
    $HOME/.msmtprc

# Switch the mblaze profile
# This will overwrite '~/.mblaze/profile'!
echo "Updating '$HOME/.mblaze/profile'."
ln -sf "$HOME/.mblaze/profile_$selected_profile" "$HOME/.mblaze/profile"

[Anachron]

You're welcome! This issue can be closed then, no?

[codesoap]

I guess so. Maybe in the long run some tool similar to our's should be added to mblaze...

[Anachron]

@codesoap that will be very, very hard. There are tons and tons of email setups, some wont even use outgoing mail with mblaze. I don't really know how you would ship something default when even between our solutions there is a big difference, because my solution just modifies the mblaze-profile and yours toggles between multiple profiles. And both require msmtp.