On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Eric Schulte <eric.schulte@gmx.com> wrote:

Peter Salazar <cycleofsong@gmail.com> writes:

> I frequently compose e-mails as subtrees of my org files. I'd like to be
> able to e-mail the contents of these subtrees, maybe by first viewing the
> subtree in an indirect buffer.
>
> My org files look like this:
>
> * e-mails
> ** note to person about blah
> To: person@blah.com
> Subject: ADD people 7 times more likely to be creative
> --text follows this line--
>
> Dear Person,
>
> Blah blah blah.
>
> Best,
> Peter
>
> I can open the subtree in an indirect buffer, but I can't e-mail the
> contents as they appear because I get "Invalid header line."
>
> If I delete the org-header, I can successfully send the e-mail. But then I
> need to undelete the header afterward.
>
> How can I send the contents of a subtree as an e-mail without first having
> to delete the header?
>
> Thanks,
> Peter

Checkout the `org-mime-subtree' subtree command. It converts the
current subtree to an email, pulling email headers from subtree
properties, specifically

MAIL_SUBJECT or subtree heading -> subject
MAIL_TO -> TO
MAIL_CC -> CC
MAIL_BCC -> BCC
MAIL_FMT -> determines the format of the email (e.g., org, ascii or html)

so your example above would be

** note to person about blah

:PROPERTIES:
:MAIL_TO: person@blah.com
:MAIL_SUBJECT: ADD people 7 times more likely to be creative
:END:

Dear Person,

Blah blah blah.

Best,
Peter

Cheers,

--
Eric Schulte
http://cs.unm.edu/~eschulte/