Command line mail-merge utility

This tool provides a command-line mail-merge utility for sending mails to one or more recipients, running them through templates, etc.

Installing

npm install -g mdekstrand/mailmerge

Running

The entry point is mailmerge-send:

mailmerge-send [OPTIONS] message.txt [RECIPIENTS]

It takes a few options:

--sendmail path : Specify the name or path to the sendmail binary to use.

--server url : In lieu of --sendmail, specifies the URL for an SMTP server to use (e.g. smtp://user@pass:host:587)

--recipients file : Read the recipients from the file specified. Each line should be a JSON object with a to attribute. Other attributes will be available as variables in the message templates.

It takes one mandatory argument, the path to a message file. This should be a text file with YAML frontmatter. Other arguments are used as recipient e-mail addresses. The frontmatter should include a subject entry. Both the subject and the message body will be interpreted as Mustache templates, with the frontmatter and the recipient variables available (recipient variables override frontmatter variables).

Example Message

---
subject: Call for Paper Airplanes
from: [email protected]
reply-to: [email protected]
---

Greetings!

The International Conference on Makeshift Aviation is pleased to invite submissions of
paper airplanes for its third international paper airplane demo session.

Regards,
The Publicity Chairs

Contributing

Bug-fixes, improvements, documentation welcome.