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.\"     Title: xdg-email
.\"    Author: Kevin Krammer
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.\"      Date: 02/06/2024
.\"    Manual: xdg-email Manual
.\"    Source: xdg-utils 1.0
.\"  Language: English
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.TH "XDG\-EMAIL" "1" "02/06/2024" "xdg-utils 1.0" "xdg-email Manual"
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.SH "NAME"
xdg-email \- command line tool for sending mail using the user\*(Aqs preferred e\-mail composer
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'\fBxdg\-email\fR\ 'u
\fBxdg\-email\fR [\fB\-\-utf8\fR] [\fB\-\-cc\fR\ \fIaddress\fR] [\fB\-\-bcc\fR\ \fIaddress\fR] [\fB\-\-subject\fR\ \fItext\fR] [\fB\-\-body\fR\ \fItext\fR] [\fB\-\-attach\fR\ \fIfile\fR] [\fImailto\-uri\fR | \fIaddress(es)\fR]
.HP \w'\fBxdg\-email\fR\ 'u
\fBxdg\-email\fR {\fB\-\-help\fR | \fB\-\-manual\fR | \fB\-\-version\fR}
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
xdg\-email opens the user\*(Aqs preferred e\-mail composer in order to send a mail to
\fIaddress(es)\fR
or
\fImailto\-uri\fR\&. RFC2368 defines mailto: URIs\&. xdg\-email limits support to, cc, subject and body fields in
\fImailto\-uri\fR, all other fields are silently ignored\&.
\fIaddress(es)\fR
must follow the syntax of RFC822\&. Multiple addresses may be provided as separate arguments\&.
.PP
All information provided on the command line is used to prefill corresponding fields in the user\*(Aqs e\-mail composer\&. The user will have the opportunity to change any of this information before actually sending the e\-mail\&.
.PP
xdg\-email is for use inside a desktop session only\&. It is not recommended to use xdg\-email as root\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\fB\-\-utf8\fR
.RS 4
Indicates that all command line options that follow are in utf8\&. Without this option, command line options are expected to be encoded according to locale\&. If the locale already specifies utf8 this option has no effect\&. This option does not affect mailto URIs that are passed on the command line\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-cc\fR \fIaddress\fR
.RS 4
Specify a recipient to be copied on the e\-mail\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-bcc\fR \fIaddress\fR
.RS 4
Specify a recipient to be blindly copied on the e\-mail\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-subject\fR \fItext\fR
.RS 4
Specify a subject for the e\-mail\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-body\fR \fItext\fR
.RS 4
Specify a body for the e\-mail\&. Since the user will be able to make changes before actually sending the e\-mail, this can be used to provide the user with a template for the e\-mail\&.
\fItext\fR
may contain linebreaks\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-attach\fR \fIfile\fR
.RS 4
Specify an attachment for the e\-mail\&.
\fIfile\fR
must point to an existing file\&.
.sp
Some e\-mail applications require the file to remain present after xdg\-email returns\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-help\fR
.RS 4
Show command synopsis\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-manual\fR
.RS 4
Show this manual page\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB\-\-version\fR
.RS 4
Show the xdg\-utils version information\&.
.RE
.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES"
.PP
xdg\-email honours the following environment variables:
.PP
XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL
.RS 4
Setting this environment variable to a non\-zero numerical value makes xdg\-email do more verbose reporting on stderr\&. Setting a higher value increases the verbosity\&.
.RE
.SH "EXIT CODES"
.PP
An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non\-zero exit code indicates failure\&. The following failure codes can be returned:
.PP
\fB1\fR
.RS 4
Error in command line syntax\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB2\fR
.RS 4
One of the files passed on the command line did not exist\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB3\fR
.RS 4
A required tool could not be found\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB4\fR
.RS 4
The action failed\&.
.RE
.PP
\fB5\fR
.RS 4
No permission to read one of the files passed on the command line\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBxdg-open\fR(1),
\fBxdg-mime\fR(1),
\m[blue]\fBMIME applications associations specification\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[1]\d\s+2,
\m[blue]\fBRFC 6068 \- The \*(Aqmailto\*(Aq URI Scheme\fR\m[]\&\s-2\u[2]\d\s+2
.SH "EXAMPLES"
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
xdg\-email \*(AqJeremy White <jwhite@example\&.com>\*(Aq
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
xdg\-email \-\-attach /tmp/logo\&.png \e
          \-\-subject \*(AqLogo contest\*(Aq \e
          \-\-body \*(AqAttached you find the logo for the contest\&.\*(Aq \e
          \*(Aqjwhite@example\&.com\*(Aq
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.PP
.if n \{\
.RS 4
.\}
.nf
xdg\-email \-\-subject \*(AqYour password is about to expire\*(Aq \e
          \*(Aqjwhite@example\&.com\*(Aq \*(Aqbastian@example\&.com\*(Aq \*(Aqwhipple@example\&.com\*(Aq
.fi
.if n \{\
.RE
.\}
.sp
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBKevin Krammer\fR
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.PP
\fBJeremy White\fR
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.br
Copyright \(co 2006
.br
.SH "NOTES"
.IP " 1." 4
MIME applications associations specification
.RS 4
\%http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mime-apps-spec/
.RE
.IP " 2." 4
RFC 6068 - The 'mailto' URI Scheme
.RS 4
\%https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6068
.RE