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Main Area and Open Discussion => General Software Discussion => Topic started by: Contro on May 04, 2015, 11:42 AM
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How to enter from the command line in a email client (outlook, thunderbird, .....) by a predefined inbox account predefined in the command line ?
Best Regards
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Owww. this is a difficult one. I am trying with other email clients like Alpine .
Or launch a dedicate portable version of a email client like Thunderbidr. And after chante the icon of the shortcut. :-*
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First you should make more clear what you want to achieve, as it's totally unclear to me :huh:
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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_Inbox_when_starting_Thunderbird
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Contro, I think you need to understand that application commandline support is not some sort of standard thing. That is, a program has to have commandline options written into its code -- you don't just magically pass parameters and have things work. In other words, what you want might not be available in some email clients (if any at all).
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outlook.exe /select foldername (https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Command-line-switches-for-Outlook-2013-079164cd-4ef5-4178-b235-441737deb3a6)
thunderbird.exe -mail mailbox://[email protected]/foldername (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_Inbox_when_starting_Thunderbird)
Alpine -f foldername (http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tech-notes/cmd-line.html)
Aside from that:
First you should make more clear what you want to achieve, as it's totally unclear to me :huh:-Ath
What he said!
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To my (limited) knowledge it is possible to start Thunderbird with a batch script where you can specify which profile it should open. These profiles must exist, you cannot create these on the fly.
skwire is also right, applications need command-line support before you can use them in a batch script. Never, ever expect this support and even if your application has command-line support, don't expect too much usable options/parameters to be included. Besides, the use of batch is dwindling and there is some push towards PowerShell for the persons that make use of the command-line. With good reason, PowerShell is much more powerful and allows you to access applications in ways batch scripts cannot even dream of.
There is nice freeware (Idera (https://www.idera.com/productssolutions/freetools/powershellplus)) around that enables you to make scripts yourself. It comes with auto-complete, descriptions of all commands and their parameters + working example scripts, a debugger and access to community where you can download scripts as well.
Whatever time you dedicate to PowerShell with this software, it will be time well spent.
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http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_Inbox_when_starting_Thunderbird
-4wd
This is the point. Now is clear for me.
Sorry, sometimes i am not able to express better my needs.
Best Regards
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Contro, I think you need to understand that application commandline support is not some sort of standard thing. That is, a program has to have commandline options written into its code -- you don't just magically pass parameters and have things work. In other words, what you want might not be available in some email clients (if any at all).
-skwire
Understood. Skwire. I agree. Even sometimes the programs have not command line parameters at all. Only the good ones or that merely needs for automation.
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outlook.exe /select foldername (https://support.office.com/en-ca/article/Command-line-switches-for-Outlook-2013-079164cd-4ef5-4178-b235-441737deb3a6)
thunderbird.exe -mail mailbox://[email protected]/foldername (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_Inbox_when_starting_Thunderbird)
Alpine -f foldername (http://www.washington.edu/alpine/tech-notes/cmd-line.html)
Aside from that:
First you should make more clear what you want to achieve, as it's totally unclear to me :huh:-Ath
What he said!
-4wd
My God !!!!!!!! This is wonderfullll !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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To my (limited) knowledge it is possible to start Thunderbird with a batch script where you can specify which profile it should open. These profiles must exist, you cannot create these on the fly.
skwire is also right, applications need command-line support before you can use them in a batch script. Never, ever expect this support and even if your application has command-line support, don't expect too much usable options/parameters to be included. Besides, the use of batch is dwindling and there is some push towards PowerShell for the persons that make use of the command-line. With good reason, PowerShell is much more powerful and allows you to access applications in ways batch scripts cannot even dream of.
There is nice freeware (Idera (https://www.idera.com/productssolutions/freetools/powershellplus)) around that enables you to make scripts yourself. It comes with auto-complete, descriptions of all commands and their parameters + working example scripts, a debugger and access to community where you can download scripts as well.
Whatever time you dedicate to PowerShell with this software, it will be time well spent.
-Shades
At the time passing by sometimes I catalog my behaviour as a beggar. Just because for programmers like you or the most part of donarioncoder.com understand that most of my questions are solved with codes that solves a beginner.
It's true. i recognize.
I have a strong list of easy scripting environments. I have tried many of them . I understand the first day and foget the second....
Even I try adopting one of them and study deeper. But usually when i try i can't or even that tool is not the appropiate for the task.
So I came here and obtain the answer. That is the truth .
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I have downloaded Idera.
Why ? :o :-\ :-*
Very simple. I am not obtaining answers in the forum to a series of questions. And is not a fault of the magnificency of the donarioncoder members...
It's simply that some questions requires personalyzed scripts that only matters my needs.
I am doing now that deeper prospection with iMacros.
Other times may be AutoHotkey. Just because DC is full of good programmers in that metalanguage.
:tellme:
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About Microsoft Powershell
By the way :
My notes on my diary june 29, 2010 at 10:42 am
I am not interested in this language.
If I mess will be worst....
;D
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I have problems with the command line.
I am trying with a portable version of Thunderbird.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2937893
Now I don't understand nothing ...
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I find this :
http://www.markus-bader.de/MB-CMDMailerForThunderbird/index.php#totop
But is for sending emails, not receiving
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I have problems with the command line.
I am trying with a portable version of Thunderbird.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2937893
Now I don't understand nothing ...
:-[-Contro
Report it as a bug and use one of the add-ons suggested in the meantime.