On Thu, Mar 27, 2008, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
>On 27 Mar, 12:17, Jeff Hyman <scol...@cactus.com> wrote:
>> MUTT shell script question: * *SCO 5.0.6 * *mutt v1.5.3i
>>
>> :
>> mutt -s "SUBJECT HEADER" *-a file.pdf *-c b...@dealer.com *j...@customer.com
>> exit
>>
>> Objective: Not having to interact with 'mutt'.
>> * * * * * *Ability to "attach" a PDF file
>>
>> The above example, when executed, goes into an interactive mode.
>> mutt -s "SUBJECT HEADER" j...@customer.com < file.pdf *
>> This example does not solve the -[a]ttachment PDF issue.
>>
>> Any ideas? *
>> - Jeff H
>
>Don't use mutt. Use the "mpack" utility to generate concatenatable
>files, and feed them to /bin/mail. Using a complex and pecular mail
>client such as mutt for system operations and non-interactice
>operations is begging for pain.

The ``mpack'' I find with a Google search is a rather nasty piece
of malware.

Unless your mpack generates proper multipart MIME, the e-mail
files will be difficult to handle with any modern mail client
(uuencode is also deprecated).

Bill
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