On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 11:59 PM, Will Yardley <mutt-us...@veggiechinese.net> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 10:18:28PM +0100, Larry Hynes wrote: >> Sat 02 Apr 2016 15:23 (-0400) Xu Wang <xuwang...@gmail.com>: >> > On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Larry Hynes <la...@larryhynes.com> wrote: >> > > Sat 02 Apr 2016 12:02 (-0400) Xu Wang <xuwang...@gmail.com>: >> > > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2016 at 2:23 AM, Will Yardley >> > > > <mutt-us...@veggiechinese.net> wrote: >> > > > > On Sat, Apr 02, 2016 at 01:19:12AM -0400, Xu Wang wrote: > >> > > > > > Suppose that I have a full email (i.e. with headers and >> > > > > > everything). >> > > > > > e.g. I want to keep the message ID the same. How can I used mutt's >> > > > > > build-in smtp to send the email? Basically i want mutt to just send >> > > > > > the email that is already written and not change any header. > >> > > > > You can use 'bounce-message' (I think b with default bindings) to >> > > > > redirect the message to one or more recipients, though Mutt will add >> > > > > a >> > > > > few headers, most starting with 'Resent-' (Message-ID will stay the >> > > > > same). >> > > > > >> > > > > You can use 'resend-message' (esc-e) to use the current message as a >> > > > > template for the new one, but Message-ID will change. > >> > > > Thank you, Will. is there any way to send from command-line? > >> > > Have you tried using mutt's '-H' option? e.g. `mutt -H draftfile` > >> > That is great but I would like automation. I would like something like >> > mutt -s "Test from mutt" exam...@notsure.com < email_file >> > but something that works with just >> > mutt < email_file >> > and nothing else (because the subject and email address are already >> > specified). > >> echo | mutt -H email_file > > This works (as does mutt -H - < email_file), but in my test, the > Message-ID is set by mutt, not from header input. So I think -H only > takes the headers that can be edited when $edit_headers is set. > > So finding a way to use the <bounce-message> command without requiring > interaction, or just using Sendmail or similar is the best bet based on > your original request.
For me it works and the message-ID is preserved. I imagine that the message-ID in the file must be correct and that mutt checks this and it creates a new one if it doesn't pass sanity checkers. Thank you to all for help and encouraging. Kind regards, Xu
