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Re: mailx or other mail utility

 
Joe Profaizer
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mailx or other mail utility

Do you know if it is possible to send an attachment when using mailx on Unix? I must have the file sent as an attachment, thus the text of the attachment can't be included in the recipient's email.

Thanks,

..Joe
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Dan Hetzel
Honored Contributor

Re: mailx or other mail utility

Hi Joe,

Here is a reply that has been posted by Chris Anoruo a while ago:

There are three ways to send and attachment.
#(1) Send in body of e-mail mailx -s 'Subject Lines goes here' user@company.com < filename.txt
#(2) To send as an attachment /usr/bin/uuencode filename.Z filename.Z | /usr/sbin/sendmail user@company.com
#(3) To send as an attachment with Subject, From and To
(
echo "From: "
echo "To: "
echo "Subject: "
echo "This is the body of the e-mail.
If you are having any problem with this file please give us a call.


"
/usr/bin/uuencode /local/filename filename
) | /usr/sbin/sendmail user@company.com


Best regards,

Dan
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Rita C Workman
Honored Contributor

Re: mailx or other mail utility

Here's a url to show my personal preference for mailing attached files.....Just so you have more choices....

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

/rcw

MARTINACHE
Respected Contributor

Re: mailx or other mail utility

Hi,

I suggest you to use mpack.

This a free small utility which very simple :

You will find it there :
http://hpux.cs.utah.edu/hppd/hpux/Users/mpack-1.5/
Patrice MARTINACHE
Darrel Louis
Honored Contributor

Re: mailx or other mail utility

Joe,

If you do a search in the forum, you will see several documents.

-m Do not add MIME header lines Mime Version, Content Type & Content Encoding to the header information while sending mails.

example
# uuencode /tmp/testfile testfile.txt | mailx -m -s 'testje' test@mail.com

Check the following discussion:
http://my1.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0xa408a24d9abcd4118fef0090279cd0f9!0,00.html

Also check "man mailx "


Good Luck