Attach File to New Email (Thunderbird)

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Attach File to New Email (Thunderbird)

It's easy to attach a file to an email using Apple Mail, but I use Thunderbird. How do I get it to work with Thunderbird using automator?

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Posted on Jul 7, 2006 1:43 PM

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Answer 1

SpangeMonkee Author

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Jul 8, 2006 11:36 AM in response to Michael Henley

I have Thunderbird set as my default email client and I still had to use the command line arguments to get it to work, but it is so unelegant. My automator script workflow is like so:

Close Thunderbird
Get Specified File
Run Applescript for Attachment

Since I like to have my address book in a separate window, this is also a pain. I have to reopen my address book as well.

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Mulder

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Jul 7, 2006 2:16 PM in response to SpangeMonkee

I would imagine you first need to set your default mail program to Thunderbird from the Mail->Preferences->General tab. Try that, if you haven't already.

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Answer 3

Jul 8, 2006 1:12 AM in response to SpangeMonkee

I don't use Thunderbird, but at last check it wasn't accepting attachments passed on the mailto: URI, so whether it's set to your default mail app or not won't make much difference. The latest release does support, however, passing attachments on the command line:

/Applications/Thunderbird.app/Contents/MacOS/thunderbird-bin -compose attachment='/path/to/attachment'

But I can't see how to make this useful without having to quit and re-start the app each time your script runs. This was discussed with more detail in a recent thread.

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