Automatically attach a file to a mail with mutt

Question

I am searching for a way to automatically attach a file ~/.mutt/example.vcf to any mail I compose with mutt.

I tried something like send-hook 'attach-file ~/.mutt/fauve.vcf' but it doesn't work.

Have you, please, any idea how to do that ?

Answer 1

The following works for me in neomutt 20180716

macro compose y ":exec attach-file<enter>myfile.txt<enter>:exec send-message<enter>"

To explain:

• macro compose y -- override the y key in the compose menu to run a macro instead of just sending
• :exec attach-file -- opens the mutt prompt for a filename to attach
• myfile.txt -- enters the name of the file to attach and presses enter
• :exec send-message -- runs the send email command

Answer 2

I dont know mutt, but I can tell you in mail or mailx I usually do uuencode myAttachment.tar.gz attachmentName | mail -s "Here is that dolphin porn you requested" [email protected]

Answer 3

[edit]

Easiest solution consist in to just create a simple alias for mutt:

alias mutt="/usr/bin/mutt -a $HOME/.std.vcf"

so if you enter mutt mutt -a $HOME/.std.vcf will be executed. That's it!

Normally in order to compose a email with attachments mime-construct is used:

mime-construct --to "nerd@example" --subject 'hi there' \
--string "test" --file-attach /etc/motd

There are some solutions to automaticly add your *.vcf:

vcf-to-mutt
muttquery.py

However, it is unusual to use vcf on unices where a signature is more common.