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How can I let a script send a message regardless of thunderbird alreadey running or not?

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tpollak
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This is on Linux. croon is used to execute a script. This script shall use Thunderbird to send an email. How shall I call Thunderbird to provide recipient and data and send the message regardless of Thunderbird already running or not?

This is on Linux. croon is used to execute a script. This script shall use Thunderbird to send an email. How shall I call Thunderbird to provide recipient and data and send the message regardless of Thunderbird already running or not?

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Thunderbird is a poor match to your requirements.

While you can build a message, address it and add attachments via the command line, you can't actually tell Thunderbird to send it.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments_(Thunderbird)

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Zenos
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Thunderbird is a poor match to your requirements.

While you can build a message, address it and add attachments via the command line, you can't actually tell Thunderbird to send it.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Command_line_arguments_(Thunderbird)

christ1
christ1
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Trying to use Thunderbird for this sounds like a silly idea to me. You can achieve this by using CLI commands. Google is your friend.

tpollak
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Though these answers correctly describe Thunderbird's capabilities they do not solve my problem. Yes, I googled and it seems that mutt is nearest a solution. Though I have not been able to make it work yet.