problems sending file from HP-UX to Outlook as attachment

[Lana Cameli]

I have a plain text file that I am trying to send to Outlook as an attachment. I have used the following command:
uuencode file.txt file.txt|mailx -m -s "subjecttitle" whomever\@wherever.com

The file makes it through ok, and has appropriate file names and subject lines. However, when I open it (in Outlook) all data is on one line. the CR's completely disappear.

What can I do to retain file's original format and the CR's in an attachment?

[Geoff Wild]

Try zipping it?

Or try mpack:

http://hpux.ee.ualberta.ca/hppd/hpux/Users/mpack-1.6/

Run like so:

/usr/local/bin/mpack -s "svr004 cfg2html" /opt/cfg2html/svr004.html gwild@mydomian.ca


Rgds...Geoff

[Josh Dalziel]

you need to run unix2dos on the file before you send it so it can inser the ^M at the end of everyline

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Could be an smtp relay server is mangling it. Make sure all smtp gateway servers are patched.

Could be the attchment needs to be build slightly differently.

See this script:

http://www.hpux.ws/mailfile2

Thats a well tested production script.

SEP

[TwoProc · Accepted solution]

as someone posted before - you need to convert with unix2dos. It really doesn't have much to do with HOW you're sending the file, it's the fact that you're sending a file without CRLF combinations that most things "dos-sy" don't like. If you sent this file over the Windoze box via sftp, scp, a samba share, etc - the result would be the same.

Try this instead:

unix2dos file.txt | uuencode file.txt | mailx -m -s "subjecttitle"

[Lana Cameli]

Thanks. I don't have unix2dos on my machine. Is it something I can download and install quickly?

[Pete Randall]

Try ux2dos - there's no such thing as unix2dos that I'm aware of.


Pete

[Lana Cameli]

ux2dos worked like a charm! thanks John and Pete :)

[TwoProc]

Good catch Pete - sorry Lana.