Messages: templates for follow-ups, thanks and withdrawals, sent from your own address and kept on the timeline #1094

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opened 2026-10-30 21:25:13 +00:00 by tiagoagueda · 0 comments

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What exists today

The outbox kind (OutboxPlugin.send, plugins/base.py:1094) and the own_mail plugin send from the person's address. Record what you sent uses it for documents (0.4.0).
Letters have placeholders filled at send time (CoverLetter.PLACEHOLDERS, documents/models.py:597).
The quiet action on an application offers what to do about one gone quiet, with no message to send.
A listing's history (ListingEvent) and the application timeline record messages already.

What would change

Message templates: a subject and a body with the letter's placeholders, a language and a purpose (follow-up, thank-you, withdrawal, availability, other). A few defaults, editable.
From an application or an interview: write a message from a template, edit it, send it through the outbox, and the sent text lands on the timeline.
The quiet action offers the follow-up template.

Decisions

Model. Recommended: a model of its own; a letter is a document that is printed, a message is not.
Without an outbox. Recommended: offer "Copy" and "Record as sent", so the feature works for everyone.
Recipients. Recommended: the application's contact or the listing's address, one recipient per message.

Checked against main at daee30b15 (2026-10-30). From the status review and feature suggestions of 2026-10-30.

A job search means writing the same few messages many times: a follow-up after a week of silence, a thank-you after an interview, a withdrawal, a reply with availability. Postulo can now send mail from the person's own address. This asks for those messages as templates, sent through that outbox and recorded on the timeline. ## What exists today - The outbox kind (`OutboxPlugin.send`, `plugins/base.py:1094`) and the `own_mail` plugin send from the person's address. *Record what you sent* uses it for documents (0.4.0). - Letters have placeholders filled at send time (`CoverLetter.PLACEHOLDERS`, `documents/models.py:597`). - The quiet action on an application offers what to do about one gone quiet, with no message to send. - A listing's history (`ListingEvent`) and the application timeline record messages already. ## What would change - Message templates: a subject and a body with the letter's placeholders, a language and a purpose (follow-up, thank-you, withdrawal, availability, other). A few defaults, editable. - From an application or an interview: write a message from a template, edit it, send it through the outbox, and the sent text lands on the timeline. - The quiet action offers the follow-up template. ## Decisions - **Model.** Recommended: a model of its own; a letter is a document that is printed, a message is not. - **Without an outbox.** Recommended: offer "Copy" and "Record as sent", so the feature works for everyone. - **Recipients.** Recommended: the application's contact or the listing's address, one recipient per message. Checked against `main` at `daee30b15` (2026-10-30). From the status review and feature suggestions of 2026-10-30.

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