Re: [Evolution] html mail from command line

[Joris Vuffray <joris nova ath cx>]

Hi,

I'm running evolution-2.8/Gnome 2.16 on gentoo.
I know the "Send To..." function which is part of the nautilus-sendto package
(on gentoo); but I have 2 problems with it:

- Pictures are sent in their original size, which could create large 
mails when
you add several attachements. For that I created a nautilus script 
which scales
the pictures (50%) with convert (imagemagick) to reduce the size.

- Pictures are not included in the html mail, but as attachements. You cannot
add text "inline" between the pictures.

I know it's easy to add the html page to the mail; or create the mail, 
but such
functionalities for users who always used windows like my girlfriend should be
made as easy as possible, in one step.

Regards,
         --Joris



Quoting Paul Smith <psmith paulandlesley org>:

> On Thursday, 14 September, Joris Vuffray (joris nova ath cx) wrote:
>
> > I converted my girlfriend to Linux/Gnome some times ago and she uses
> > Evolution for her mails etc. In Windows/Outlook she used to send pictures
> > directly from the Windows Explorer by right clicking them; pictures are
> > scaled and an html mail integrating the selected pictures pops-up. The
> > mail can be edited to add comments inline.  My problem it that I was
> > unable to produce the same behaviour with nautilus and evolution.
>
> You don't say what versions of anything you're using, but in Ubuntu 6.06.1
> which has Gnome 2.14.3 and Evolution 2.6.1 I can do this:
>
> Browse to a picture in Nautilus.
>
> Right click
>
> Select "Send To..."
>
> Enter the email address
>
> A new evolution mail window comes up with the picture already in the
> attachment bar.  There is a thumbnail of the picture so you can see what it
> is.  You can add comments, then send it.  More pictures can be added by
> dragging and dropping them into the attachment bar.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by "scale the picture" though.
>
> Does this help?



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