Read and organize
briskmail read
BuiltRead one message’s plain-text body.
Taught in lesson 4, Prompt injection.
Usage
briskmail read <message-id> [--json]HTML-only bodies are omitted until VisibleText and untrusted_email_content wrapping land in task 4.3.
Runs only while Let apps read and organize my mail is on. With it off, the command exits 2 and names the switch.
Arguments and flags
<message-id>required- Gmail's id for the message.
--json- Print one JSON document.
Global flags
--account ID- An account id from accounts.json. Leave it out to use the first account. Accepted before or after the command.
--dev- Send the command to the dev build (com.valleyedgeconsulting.edgemail.dev) instead of Briskmail. Only useful when working on Briskmail itself.
Exit codes
| Code | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | Done. Prints message data. HTML-only bodies await VisibleText. |
| 2 | Not allowed: macOS refused Automation for the app you ran it from (-1743), or this command's switch is off. The message names the switch. |
| 3 | Briskmail reported an error, printed on stderr. |
| 64 | Bad usage. |
Examples
briskmail read 18f2a9c4be01d7a3