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Is it possible to add (configure) email from command line?

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kovalr
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Is it possible to add (configure) email from command line in Linux?

I am looking for some API or command line interface ./thunderbird ---add-email 'email@email.com ' --add-imap 'imap.email.com ' --add-password 'adasdsa '

Is it possible to add (configure) email from command line in Linux? I am looking for some API or command line interface ./thunderbird ---add-email 'email@email.com ' --add-imap 'imap.email.com ' --add-password 'adasdsa '

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I very much doubt it. There are quite a few parameters you need to configure and it doesn't seem well suited to a command line.

You can create a configuration file that helps with roll-out across a large number of installations.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Thunderbird:Autoconfiguration:ConfigFileFormat