On Mon, 2021-09-06 at 22:49 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Mon, 2021-09-06 at 13:09 -0400, dfc via evolution-list wrote: > > On Mon, 2021-09-06 at 18:46 +0200, Andre Klapper via evolution-list > > wrote: > > > On Mon, 2021-09-06 at 12:05 -0400, dfc via evolution-list wrote: > > > > Is it feasible to use evolution to send out messages one at a > > > > time > > > > via a shell script? > > > > > > > > I realize the evolution is closely tied to the GUI. > > > > > > Evolution isn't tied to a GUI. It is a GUI application. > > > > > > > I would like to be able to process small lists of email and store > > > > copies in my Outbox just as if I had sent them, one at a time, > > > > via > > > > the GUI. > > > > > > If you use a GUI anyway, why not use Evolution? > > > Could you please elaborate more on your specific use case? > > > Why is "one at a time" so important? > > > > > > > My workflow involves sending out a message that has content that > > varies for each recipient (e.g. say I was reporting homework grades > > to > > each member of a class of 40 students). I could do this painfully in > > the gui. However, I have a script that substitutes the appropriate > > numbers, name, etc. into a template to create the appropriate > > personalized message for each student. I would also like the script > > to > > add a separate/unique file to each outgoing message as an attachment. > > > > I might do this with the unix mail but I would really like to keep > > the > > workflow within the framework of evolution. > > I've used 'sendEmail', available in the Fedora repo: > > Description : SendEmail is a lightweight, completely command line > based, SMTP e-mail > : client. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, > batch files, Perl > : programs and web sites, but is also quite useful in many > other contexts. > : > : SendEmail is written in Perl and is unique in that it > requires no special > : modules. It has a straight forward interface, making it > very easy to use. > > poc >
Apologies, I was forgetting that this isn't a Fedora-only list. The URL for sendEmail is: http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/ poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
