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+# Email log
+#
+# requires nodemailer
+# requires following environment variable
+#    HUBOT_STANDUP_EMAIL_ORIGIN_ADDRESS: email address to send logs from
+#
+# attempts to invoke local MTA at /usr/sbin/sendmail. modify if your system
+# doesn't support this.
+#
+module.exports = (robot) ->
+  robot.brain.on 'standupLog', (group, room, response, logs) ->
+    postEmail robot, group, room, response, logs
+
+  robot.respond /email (.*) standup logs? to (.*) *$/i, (msg) ->
+    group = msg.match[1]
+    email_address = msg.match[2]
+    robot.brain.data.emailGroups or= {}
+    robot.brain.data.emailGroups[group] = email_address
+    if buff = robot.brain.data.tempEmailBuffer?[group]
+      postEmail(robot, group, msg.message.user.room, msg, buff)
+      delete robot.brain.data.tempEmailBuffer[group]
+    msg.send "OK, I willl send standup logs to #{email_address}."
+
+
+  robot.respond /no standup emails for (.*) *$/i, (msg) ->
+    group = msg.match[1]
+    robot.brain.data.emailGroups[group]=''
+    msg.send "OK, I willl send standup logs to /dev/null."
+
+postEmail = (robot, group, room, response, logs) ->
+  nodemailer = require 'nodemailer'
+
+  emailaddress = getEmailGroup robot, group
+  if emailaddress is undefined
+    response.send "Tell me what email address to send archives. Say '#{robot.name} email #{group} standup logs to <EMAIL_ADDRESS>'. Say '#{robot.name} no standup emails for #{group}' if you don't need logs."
+    robot.brain.data.tempEmailBuffer or= {}
+    robot.brain.data.tempEmailBuffer[group] = logs
+  else if emailaddress is ''
+    # do nothing
+  else
+
+# try and send mail using local MTA
+
+    sendmail = nodemailer.createTransport "sendmail",
+      path: "/usr/sbin/sendmail"
+
+    body = makeBody robot, group, logs
+
+    date = new Date(logs[0].time)
+
+    mailoptions =  {
+      from: process.env.HUBOT_STANDUP_EMAIL_ORIGIN_ADDRESS
+      to: emailaddress
+      subject: "Standup logs for #{group} for #{date.toLocaleDateString()}"
+      text: body
+    }
+  
+    sendmail.sendMail mailoptions, (error, msg) ->
+      if error
+        response.send "Posting to the group #{group_id} FAILED: #{msg}"
+      else
+        response.send "Posting to email #{emailaddress}"
+
+getEmailGroup = (robot, group) ->
+  robot.brain.data.emailGroups or= {}
+  robot.brain.data.emailGroups[group]
+
+makeBody = (robot, group, logs) ->
+  # TODO templatize?
+  date = new Date(logs[0].time)
+  body = "Standup log for #{group}: #{date.toLocaleDateString()}\n==================================\n"
+
+  prev = undefined
+  for log in logs
+    body += "(#{new Date(log.time).toLocaleTimeString()}) <#{log.message.user.name}> #{log.message.text}\n"
+
+  body