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XDG-EMAIL(1)		       xdg-email Manual			  XDG-EMAIL(1)

NAME
       xdg-email - command line tool for sending mail using the user's
       preferred e-mail composer

SYNOPSIS
       xdg-email [--utf8] [--cc address] [--bcc address] [--subject text]
		 [--body text] [--attach file] [mailto-uri | address(es)]

       xdg-email {--help | --manual | --version}

DESCRIPTION
       xdg-email opens the user's preferred e-mail composer in order to send a
       mail to address(es) or mailto-uri. RFC2368 defines mailto: URIs.
       xdg-email limits support to, cc, subject and body fields in mailto-uri,
       all other fields are silently ignored.  address(es) must follow the
       syntax of RFC822. Multiple addresses may be provided as separate
       arguments.

       All information provided on the command line is used to prefill
       corresponding fields in the user's e-mail composer. The user will have
       the opportunity to change any of this information before actually
       sending the e-mail.

       xdg-email is for use inside a desktop session only. It is not
       recommended to use xdg-email as root.

       See http://portland.freedesktop.org/EmailConfig for information on how
       the user can change the e-mail composer that is used.

OPTIONS
       --utf8
	   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.

       --cc address
	   Specify a recipient to be copied on the e-mail.

       --bcc address
	   Specify a recipient to be blindly copied on the e-mail.

       --subject text
	   Specify a subject for the e-mail.

       --body text
	   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.  text may contain
	   linebreaks.

       --attach file
	   Specify an attachment for the e-mail.  file must point to an
	   existing file.

	   Some e-mail applications require the file to remain present after
	   xdg-email returns.

       --help
	   Show command synopsis.

       --manual
	   Show this manualpage.

       --version
	   Show the xdg-utils version information.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
       xdg-email honours the following environment variables:

       XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL
	   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.

EXIT CODES
       An exit code of 0 indicates success while a non-zero exit code
       indicates failure. The following failure codes can be returned:

       1
	   Error in command line syntax.

       2
	   One of the files passed on the command line did not exist.

       3
	   A required tool could not be found.

       4
	   The action failed.

       5
	   No permission to read one of the files passed on the command line.

CONFIGURATION
       Visit http://portland.freedesktop.org/EmailConfig for information how
       to configure xdg-email to use the email client of your choice.

EXAMPLES
	   xdg-email 'Jeremy White <jwhite@example.com>'

	   xdg-email --attach /tmp/logo.png \
		     --subject 'Logo contest' \
		     --body 'Attached you find the logo for the contest.' \
		     'jwhite@example.com'

	   xdg-email --subject 'Your password is about to expire' \
		     'jwhite@example.com' 'bastian@example.com' 'whipple@example.com'

AUTHORS
       Kevin Krammer
	   Author.

       Jeremy White
	   Author.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright © 2006

xdg-utils 1.0			  12/31/2010			  XDG-EMAIL(1)
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