A script to email tasks easily to rememberthemilk

[Yusuf Mitha]

This script uses sendemail to email a task easily to http://rememberthemilk.com. There are many cavets in this script:
1. My hard coded RTM email address for the To: field.
2. My hard coded email for the From: field
3. Hard coded smtp server.

Please bare with me as this is the first script i created which contains more than a few lines and uses if then and while loops. (I wrote this script to learn a bit of bash :) )

I have added the GPLv3 header to the script. No idea what to do for manpages.

The process of adding a task to rememberthemilk is outlined here http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/email/

[Dustin Kirkland  (kirkland)]

Thanks, Yusuf. I'll get this reviewed and merged.

Marking triaged/wishlist.

[Yusuf Mitha (tongaatdiscountworld)]

On 10/26/10 20:16, Dustin Kirkland wrote:
> Thanks, Yusuf. I'll get this reviewed and merged.
>

Thanks a lot. Hope this tid bit (which may only be of benefit for me)
doesn't disrupt your busy schedule.

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Yusuf Mitha

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[Thierry Carrez (ttx)]

Alternatively using the pyrtm python module to do this allows to build a script that is much faster and reliable than sending email...

I have pyrtm packaged at https://launchpad.net/~ttx/+archive/extras
and a gtd example script at https://code.launchpad.net/~ttx/+junk/scripts

The drawback is that you need to get an API and authorization key from RTM before you can use the script.

[Yusuf Mitha (tongaatdiscountworld)]

On 10/26/10 23:25, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Alternatively using the pyrtm python module to do this allows to build a
> script that is much faster and reliable than sending email...
>
> I have pyrtm packaged at https://launchpad.net/~ttx/+archive/extras
> and a gtd example script at https://code.launchpad.net/~ttx/+junk/scripts
>
> The drawback is that you need to get an API and authorization key from
> RTM before you can use the script.
>

If I could find a decent desktop application for RTM with tags support
and no sacrifice of features (gtg with it's plugin does't play very
nice; then too i have to remember to initiate the sync), I might not
have worried. So I currently use google gears with RTM in mozilla prism
(on Both my laptop and Desktop) for offline use if I don't have internet
connectivity.

Conky on the desktop running this script
http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1080549

The only thing missing was to add task super quickly. Currently I have
this script bound to my superkey+a (gnome-terminal -e email_RTM) to add
tasks quickly).

Would love to see how this could be improved (learning something in the
process :) ) if there arn't more important things to be done.

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Yusuf Mitha

PGP KEY: B542A6F1

[Yusuf Mitha (tongaatdiscountworld)]

Just realise now that the attachemt is initialized with:
#!/bin/sh

Will not work correctly unless that is changer to #!/bin/bash

Updated script attached