Re: [Evolution] outgoing mails file/folder in newer versions

[Thomas Mittelstaedt <tmstaedt t-mittelstaedt de>]

Am Freitag, den 06.09.2013, 10:00 +0200 schrieb Tobias Drößler:
> Hi Thomas. 
>
> One Question about your reply from evolution mailing list. 
> (This is not an evolution specific topic, so i only send the mail to
> you)
>
>
> What about your shell mail line:
>
>
> > echo "message content" | /usr/bin/mail -m ~/ -s "<subject>" -t
> > "<to_address>" --append="From: <sender address>" mailspool
>
>
> "my mail" not knows the option '-m' (debian)?
>
>
> ==>Do you have an example or small introduction about the mail spool.
> > From view of evolution and from external tools (which writes to spool
> file)? 

Just tried without -m option. The following worked:

echo foo | mail  -s test -t <to_addr>  --append="From: <from_addr>"
<path_to_mailspool_file>

Check also http://mailutils.org/manual//html_section/index.html.



> Thank you, best regards. 
>
> Tobias
>
>
>
>
> Am Freitag, den 06.09.2013, 02:16 +0200 schrieb Thomas Mittelstaedt:
> > Am Donnerstag, den 05.09.2013, 09:59 +0200 schrieb Stephan Skrodzki:
> > > Hello Tobias,
> > >
> > > although I do not know if this is possible at all with evolution. Is
> > > there any special reason why you do not use the "unix standards" for
> > > such purposes? 
> > >
> > > The command line "mail" program could be perfectly used for sending
> > > mails from scripts as long as you have set up an MTA (postfix, exim,
> > > sendmail) the right way.
> > >
> > > Best regards 
> > >  Stephan
> > >
> > > Am Donnerstag, den 05.09.2013, 09:25 +0200 schrieb Tobias Drößler:
> > > > Hi, 
> > > >
> > > > i use a shell script to generate some emails (without user interaction)
> > > > by appending content to file ~/.evolution/mail/local/Outbox .
> > > >
> > > > This works fine until i update evolution to V3.4.4 (now).
> > > >
> > > > I recognized that evolution uses a new mail storage/organization format
> > > > after update. 
> > > >
> > > > I tried to fix the path to ~/.local/share/evolution/mail/ ..  but it did
> > > > not work. 
> >
> > I use an older version of evolution (2.28), but the following worked
> > well.
> >
> > 1) Create a local mbox account. In receiving options set the mail spool
> >    file to <yourhome>/mailspool
> > 2) Create a message filter which moves mails whose source account is the
> >    account from step 1 to your default Outbox folder.
> > 3) Use a little script to generate mails which land in the mailspool
> > file like that:
> >
> > echo "message content" | /usr/bin/mail -m ~/ -s "<subject>" -t
> > "<to_address>" --append="From: <sender address>" mailspool
> >
> >  
> >
> > > > So can someone tell me if its possible to use evolution this way i
> > > > described in newer version ?? 
> > > >
> > > > And in which file i have to write for appending a new mail.
> > > > I have an pop3 email account, if its matters.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your attention! 
> > > > best regards 
> > > >
> > > > TobiD
> > > >
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-- 
thomas