Re: [Evolution] Use evolution to send out a list of messages from the command line

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

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