from openerp import api, models, fields class mail_message(models.Model): _inherit = 'mail.message' @api.one @api.depends('author_id', 'notified_partner_ids') def _get_sent(self): self.sent = len(self.notified_partner_ids) > 1 or len(self.notified_partner_ids) == 1 and self.author_id and self.notified_partner_ids[0].id != self.author_id.id sent = fields.Boolean('Sent', compute=_get_sent, help='Was message sent to someone', store=True) class mail_notification(models.Model): _inherit = 'mail.notification' def _notify(self, cr, uid, message_id, **kwargs): super(mail_notification, self)._notify(cr, uid, message_id, **kwargs) self.pool['mail.message'].browse(cr, uid, message_id)._get_sent() class mail_compose_message(models.TransientModel): _inherit = 'mail.compose.message' sent = fields.Boolean('Sent', help='dummy field to fix inherit error')