I thought of this too. But the problem is that when opening an indirect
buffer under an org tree entry, or even opening a capture buffer, the org
star heading appears at the top of the buffer. Whereas to send e-mail, at
least using the mail-send command I've been using, the e-mail header
(recipient, subject header, etc) needs to be at the very top of the buffer.

You could always enter the e-mail headers, send the e-mail, then delete
them again. But there must be a better solution.


On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Jos'h Fuller <
Jos'h.Fuller@arcproductions.com> wrote:

> Hi!
>
>
> You could try doing something with org-capture and the
> org-capture-templates so that you would be creating your email from the
> start as an org tree entry under the appropriate location. You can override
> the org-capture-before-finalize hook (see org-capture.el) to send the mail
> when you're done typing in the indirect buffer and hit C-c C-c (or
> org-capture-finalize).
>
> I have org-capture set up so I can use it immediately from anywhere in
> Emacs with the C-cc keys:
>
>   (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
>
> That combined with a suitable template and the hook override might give
> you what you're looking for.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Jos'h Fuller, Production Programmer
> p: 416.682.5200 x5395 | f: 416.682.5209 | Arc Productions Ltd. | 230
> Richmond Street East | Toronto, ON M5A 1P4 | www.arcproductions.com
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: emacs-orgmode-bounces+jos'h.fuller=arcproductions.com@gnu.org
> > [mailto:emacs-orgmode-bounces+jos'h.fuller=arcproductions.com@gnu.org]
> > On Behalf Of Alan E. Davis
> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:24 PM
> > To: org-mode
> > Subject: [O] Mail composed using emacs --- saving a copy in an org
> > file.
> >
> > I am partial to just opening a mail buffer and writing email in Emacs.
> > Just that.  However, it would be great to save a copy in an org file.
> >
> > An emacs FAQ suggests sending a BCC or FCC to oneself.  What I want is
> > a copy stored in an org-mode subtree, with a convenient headline
> > indicating the name of the recipient and the date.
> >
> > So far, I haven't gotten my head around the idea of using BABEL, and I
> > still like text for email.     My experiments with GNUS have not been
> > very successful.  So far.
> >
> > I apologize for the naive level of this and some of my other questions.
> > Though I may not be getting the maximum usefulness of all of org-mode's
> > features, those features I do use are awesome.   Thank you.
> >
> > Alan Davis
>
>
>