[MlMt] OmniFocus with MailMate

[Miklos Koppan]

Dear Benny,
Thanks for your prompt and useful support!
Currently I am playing around with the link-copy workflow, I need to get 
accustomed to it.
Sincerely,
Miklos

> Benny Kjær Nielsen <mailto:mailinglist at freron.com>
> December 16, 2012 8:53 PM
> On 16 Dec 2012, at 20:35, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:
>
>
> Sorry, that link got mangled in HTML, because I forgot I was using 
> Markdown to write the reply. 
> [Here](http://updates.mailmate-app.com/release_notes#extended__url_scheme_to_be_used_via_applescript) 
> is the link.
>
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> Benny Kjær Nielsen <mailto:mailinglist at freron.com>
> December 16, 2012 8:35 PM
> On 16 Dec 2012, at 19:01, Miklos Koppan wrote:
>
>
> I believe this is currently the only documentation: 
> http://updates.mailmate-app.com/release_notes#extended__url_scheme_to_be_used_via_applescript 
>
>
> The documentation references some scripts which you should use to make 
> your own scripts (in order to avoid various encoding pitfalls).
>
> As previously noted, you might also find “Edit ▸ Copy as Link” useful 
> in order to put a URL on the pasteboard which can link back to the 
> message in MailMate. This also works if you drag'n'drop messages to a 
> text view. If the destination is plain text then the result is a URL 
> as for “Copy as Link”. If the destination is rich text then the result 
> is a subject-titled link (with the same URL).
>
> There is likely to be a command line script included with MailMate 
> soon which is a simple interface to the `mailto` URL scheme, e.g., to 
> be able to do something like this:
>
>     emate mailto --subject "Test Message" --to 
> "mm-feedback at freron.com" attachment1.png attachment2.png
>
> (The script is based on a contribution from a friendly user.)
>
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> Miklos Koppan <mailto:mkoppan at gmail.com>
> December 16, 2012 7:01 PM
> Dear Benny,
> Thanx for your kind reply!
> Could you please send me some links where I can find more detailed 
> instructions regarding the possibility of creating new messages using 
> AppleScript (even with attachments)? I really love this program and I 
> want to bridge that gap of OF integrations as long as you will have 
> the time to complete your almost endless list of future features!..:)
> Sincerely yours,
> Miklos
>
>
> Benny Kjær Nielsen <mailto:mailinglist at freron.com>
> December 16, 2012 3:51 PM
> On 16 Dec 2012, at 14:59, Miklos Koppan wrote:
>
>> Does anyone of you know about any upcoming update for this awesome 
>> email client to be able to work seamlessly with OmniFocus? An 
>> integration with OmniFocus would make this program the absolute 
>> winner for power users. This client has sooooo many useful features 
>> that the competitors all miss that a lot of users prioritise it over 
>> the competitors (Postbox, Mail.app). However, as a power user, I 
>> definitely miss the integration with OmniFocus. And I am not alone 
>> with that, as proven by endless counts of comments all over the 
>> internet.
>
> Better scripting support has been on my todo list for a long time, but 
> the list is very long. Internally, MailMate uses several features 
> which are going to be part of the scripting system, but it's not 
> complete yet.
>
> Note that some features allow a bit of integration. In particular, 
> “Edit ▸ Copy as Link” and the possibility of creating new messages 
> using AppleScript (even with attachments although this is not 
> documented very well).
>
>> I hope this genius inventor of that program keeps up with the 
>> development in that direction, too!
>
> I'm flattered now ;-) Integration with OmniFocus and other 
> applications is certainly part of the future of MailMate. I would even 
> claim that the main goal of the development of MailMate has always 
> been the customizations possible using the not yet finished 
> scripting/commands system. Hopefully you won't have to wait too long, 
> but I cannot set a date yet.
>
> Miklos Koppan <mailto:mkoppan at gmail.com>
> December 16, 2012 2:59 PM
> Does anyone of you know about any upcoming update for this awesome 
> email client to be able to work seamlessly with OmniFocus? An 
> integration with OmniFocus would make this program the absolute winner 
> for power users. This client has sooooo many useful features that the 
> competitors all miss that a lot of users prioritise it over the 
> competitors (Postbox, Mail.app). However, as a power user, I 
> definitely miss the integration with OmniFocus. And I am not alone 
> with that, as proven by endless counts of comments all over the internet.
> I hope this genius inventor of that program keeps up with the 
> development in that direction, too!
> Yours,
> Miklos

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Miklos Koppan, M.D., Ph.D., Med. Habil.
associate professor

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