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Sending an invoice by email on Linux does not attach the attachment

Sending invoice by email directly from Flexi on Linux is not working

Written by Petr Pech

ABRA Flexi on Linux supports only Mozilla Thunderbird for sending emails.

What is happening

Thunderbird opens when sending, but the email does not contain an attachment (PDF).


Cause

The environment variable MAILER, which determines which email client Flexi should use, is not configured correctly.


Solution

Set the MAILER variable to Thunderbird.

Option 1 – system-wide setting:

Edit the file:

/etc/default/flexibee

and add:

export MAILER=thunderbird

Option 2 – user-level setting:

Add the same line to the file:

~/.profile


After making the change

  • restart the application (or log out and log back in)

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