How to attach a file in mailx

[Steven Ma]

Hi,

just wondering how to attach a file with a specific name in mailx.

I tried:
uuencode somefile.txt | mailx -s "test" someone@hotmail.com

and

cat somefile.txt | uuencode somefile.txt | mailx -s "test" someone@hotmail.com

None of these worked.

Thanks.

[harry d brown jr]

Try this thread:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,11866,0x62f2c6af36b7d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

See here:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x3da4854994d9d4118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Regards!

...JRF...

[Steven Ma]

Actually I used :

mailx -r "test" someone@hotmail.com < somefile

When I open my email, I always receive the attachment as message.txt. I want the attachment to be message.rpt. Is there something I need to configure so that my attachments are in .rpt instead .txt.

Thanks.

[Robin Wakefield]

Hi Steven,

How about:

uuencode somefile.txt somefile.rpt| mailx -s "test" someone@hotmail.com

This should deliver the attachment with the name "somefile.rpt".

Rgds, Robin.