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Created September 12, 2011 19:43
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Send email with Mail.app from command line script
#!/bin/sh
/usr/bin/osascript > /dev/null <<ASCPT
set stdinText to "$(cat | sed -e 's/\\/\\\\/g' -e 's/\"/\\\"/g')"
set recName to "Nik Cubrilovic"
set recAddr to "[email protected]"
set theSubject to "Email from standard input"
tell application "Mail"
set theMessage to make new outgoing message with properties {subject:theSubject, content:stdinText, visible:true}
tell theMessage
make new to recipient with properties {name:recName, address:recAddr}
send
end tell
end tell
ASCPT
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