This was a script I wrote to send delayed emails from macmail. The script is run in a cron every 15 minutes The script checks for items in the Mail draft folder that have a [SEND@XYZ] tag. For example, [SEND@16:00] The script checks if a drafted emails SEND@ tag matches or is near the current time. If so a new email is drafted, See step 4. The n…

delay_mail.rb

#!/usr/local/bin/macruby
framework 'ScriptingBridge'

ACCOUNT = "AccountName"
DAY = Time.now.day
MONTH = Time.now.month
YEAR = Time.now.year

time_range = ((Time.now - 150)..(Time.now + 300))

@mail = SBApplication.applicationWithBundleIdentifier("com.apple.mail")
if @mail.isRunning
  my_account = @mail.accounts.select { |account| account.name == ACCOUNT }.first
  drafts_folder = my_account.mailboxes.select { |mailbox| mailbox.name == "Drafts" }.first
  delayed_messages = drafts_folder.messages.select { |x| x.subject.match(/\[SEND@\d\d:\d\d\]/) }

  delayed_messages.each do |draft|
    tag = draft.subject.match(/\[SEND@\d\d:\d\d\]/)[0]
    hour, minute = tag.scan(/\d\d/)
    time = Time.local(YEAR, MONTH, DAY, hour, minute)
    if time_range.cover?(time) && draft.recipients.length > 0

      props = {}
    
      props['subject'] = draft.subject.gsub(tag, '')
      props['sender'] = draft.sender
      props['content'] = draft.content.get
    
      outgoing_msg = @mail.classForScriptingClass('outgoing message').alloc.initWithProperties(props)
      @mail.outgoingMessages.addObject(outgoing_msg)
      recievers = ""
      draft.recipients.each do |recip|
        recievers << "%s," % recip.address
      end

      recipient =  @mail.classForScriptingClass('to recipient').alloc.initWithProperties({'address'=>recievers})
      outgoing_msg.toRecipients.addObject(recipient)
      if outgoing_msg.send
        draft.delete
      end
    end
  end
end