[Kolab-devel] [issue2846] Need canonical command line to send email via Kontact (running and not running)

[Bernhard Reiter]

New submission from Bernhard Reiter <bernhard at intevation.de>:

We miss a canonical way to send an Email via Kontact          
on the command line which works the same no matter if Kontact is already          
started or not.          
          
Tested with kontact 3.5.9.enterprise.0.20080627.825084-kk1,         
but the main focus is Kontact on Windows as we've probably can         
use it to integrate the mailto: command from other applications         
(techbase has some details about other ways of solving this with a dll.)         
The feature is interesting enough that we should try and Till wanted         
an issue for it.         
         
kontact --help does not tell about parameters that could be used for this.        
Using        
kontact --help      
Usage: kontact [Qt-options] [KDE-options] [options]      
      
KDE personal information manager      
      
Generic options:      
  --help                    Show help about options      
  --help-qt                 Show Qt specific options      
  --help-kde                Show KDE specific options      
  --help-all                Show all options      
  --author                  Show author information      
  -v, --version             Show version information      
  --license                 Show license information      
  --                        End of options      
      
Options:      
  --module <module>         Start with a specific Kontact module      
  --iconify                 Start in iconified (minimized) mode      
  --list                    List all possible modules and exit      
  --listprofiles            List all possible profiles and exit      
  --profile <profile>       Start with a specific Kontact profile      
      
Kmail has options for this,     
Options:     
  -s, --subject <subject>   Set subject of message     
  -c, --cc <address>        Send CC: to 'address'     
  -b, --bcc <address>       Send BCC: to 'address'     
  -h, --header <header>     Add 'header' to message     
  --msg <file>              Read message body from 'file'     
  --body <text>             Set body of message     
  --attach <url>            Add an attachment to the mail. This can be repeated     
  --check                   Only check for new mail     
  --composer                Only open composer window     
  --view <url>              View the given message file     
     
Arguments:     
  address|URL               Send message to 'address' resp. attach the file     
the'URL' points to     
        
     
so using kmail  -s Pingering -c bernhard.reiter at intevation.de    
bernhard at intevation.de      will    
work as desired, only if Kontact is running. If    
it is not running, we get a KMail composer windows which does not fully    
operate. Kontact does not grok the same parameters:   
    
kontact -s Pingering -c bernhard.reiter at intevation.de bernhard at intevation.de   
kontact: Unknown option '-s'.   
   
kontact --module KMail -s Pingering -c bernhard.reiter at intevation.de  
bernhard at intevation.de  
kontact: Unknown option '-s'.   
(BTW: I do not know what <modulesnames> kontact supports, so "KMail" was just 
guessing, probably does _not_ work.) 
 
For windows there is no feedback for kontact ---help because 
we do not want to start an extra command line window. 
 
Expectation there should be a way to do 
kontact -s XYZ e at example.org 
or kontactsendmailorwhatever --somethingabc -s XYZ --to e at example.org 
you get the idea. 
For windows an extra tools seems warranted.

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assignedto: till
messages: 15553
nosy: bernhard, emanuel, ludwig, till, vkrause
priority: bug
status: unread
title: Need canonical command line to send email via Kontact (running and not running)
topic: enterprise35, kde client, kowi
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