Attaching files to email messages

[Guilherme Belinelo]

Hi,

I?ve found out how to attach text files to an email. It?s just put a header on it and use sendmail with -t option. I?m using:

cat header attachment.txt | sendmail -t

Where header contents is:

DSV$ more header
To: email@domain.com
Content-Type: multipart/mixed;
boundary="----_NextPart_000_01C0DFDE.6EF1A3BC"

It works fine for text or ascii file but I need to write a script which accepts any kind of attachment (.exe, .pdf, etc...)

I tested it for a .pdf file and the file arrived as attached but it was corrupted and couldn?t be open.

The problem is the cat command, which open the pdf file. What I need to do is use some command or anything to put the header lines before the file that I want to attach.

[Rita C Workman]

You might try this thread and see if it will help you, it offers three ways to send attached files...

http://my1.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x41950559ff7cd4118fef0090279cd0f9!0,00.html

Just a thought,
/rcw

[Pedro Sousa]

Hi!
you can also use:
mailx -s "Subject" <
for example:
mailx -s "PROBLEM" ric@iii.com < /tmp/sss.exe
good luck.

[Alan Riggs · Accepted solution]

It has been answered before, but I personally use uuencode.

uuencode file_name attachment_name | mailx -s subject target@abc.com

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi:

My favorite way to do it is with elm include statements:

e.g.
To: Yogi

Text stuff
More Text
[include myfile.dat application/octet-stream base 64]

More text 2.
[include myfile2.dat application/octet-stream base 64]

Let's say that the above was in a text file called F2.

elm -s "Transfer Files Subject" booboo@mother.com < F2.

The nice feature here is that multiple attachments are easy. Take care that your include statements have no leading white space and are contained on 1 line.

If you are running 10.20 you will need to patch elm (PHNE_15835).

Regards, Clay