Adding several attachments to thunderbird (from command line)

Question

I try to create a new message with several attachments via command line, but this does not work:

thunderbird -compose "attachment='/etc/mtab',attachment='/etc/fstab'"

Only the first file gets attached. The second is missing.

What is wrong with the above command line?

score 9 · Accepted Answer · edited Jan 17 '15 at 20:22

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the command must be specified as

thunderbird -compose "attachment='/etc/mtab,/etc/fstab'"

I have tried under windows.

edited Jan 17 '15 at 20:22

Magoo

answered Jan 17 '15 at 18:27

RoddeChime

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I tried it under linux, it works too. Note however that the attachment must be written with its absolute path. – Johann Bzh Dec 19 '18 at 09:10
Note that if you call this from python, you have to replace the comma by %2C `import os command = f'thunderbird -compose to="{receiver}",subject="{subject}",body="{body_text}",attachment="{file_path1}%2C{file_path2}"' os.system(command)` – Jens Wagemaker Aug 17 '23 at 10:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 30 '16 at 17:05

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Another way to attach several files:

thunderbird.exe -compose to="info@gmail.com" ,subject="SubjectText" ,body="bodytext" ,attachment='D:\File.txt,D:\File2.txt'

edited Aug 30 '16 at 17:05

Martin Tournoij

answered Aug 30 '16 at 16:44

Roman

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This is the same as the accepted answer that has been on the site for well over a year? – Martin Tournoij Aug 30 '16 at 17:06
Thank you. This answer was helpful to understand how to set the To and Subject fields. – dotancohen Dec 12 '21 at 10:41

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