Send without asking

`briskmail send`

Built

Send without you, to known recipients only, through Undo Send. Anything else becomes a draft.

Taught in lesson 3, Permissions and safety.

Usage

briskmail send --to ADDRESSES [--cc A] [--bcc A] [--subject S] [--body B | --body-file F]

Requires the off-by-default auto-send switch and Touch ID grant. Every recipient must be in the thread, Contacts or past sent mail. Briskmail holds eligible messages in Undo Send before delivery.

Runs only while Let apps send without asking is on. With it off, the command exits 2 and names the switch.

Arguments and flags

--to ADDRESSESrequired: Recipients, comma-separated. At least one is required.
--cc ADDRESSES: Cc recipients, comma-separated.
--bcc ADDRESSES: Bcc recipients, comma-separated.
--subject TEXT: The subject.
--body TEXT: Plain text body. Not with --body-file.
--body-file PATH: Read the body from a file, or stdin with -. Not with --body.

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 sent, held-as-draft or rate-limited.
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 send --to new@unknown.example --subject Hello --body "Can we talk?"
held-as-draft

An address the account has never written to: saved as a draft, nothing sent.

$ briskmail send --to known@example.com --subject Update --body-file message.txt
sent

Briskmail holds the message in Undo Send before delivery.