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#1 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 10:40 AM

I'm trying to figure out a way to encode a binary file and email it from our
UnixWare server.

uuencode filename filename | mail -s "test" email@address doesn't work
when it arrives it appears as text with "begin 644 filename" etc. not as an
attachment.

I can get it to appear as an attachment if I use mailto and use the ~
commands to import the uuencoded file.
But upon arrival the files seem to be corrupted.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Kalen

#2 (**permalink**) 02-15-2008, 10:40 AM

Kalen Marra typed (on Wed, Sep 24, 2003 at 12:10:29PM -0500):
| I'm trying to figure out a way to encode a binary file and email it from our
| UnixWare server.
|
| uuencode filename filename | mail -s "test" email@address doesn't work
| when it arrives it appears as text with "begin 644 filename" etc. not as an
| attachment.
|
| I can get it to appear as an attachment if I use mailto and use the ~
| commands to import the uuencoded file.

"mail" does not attach attachments.

Get "mutt" from ftp.mutt.org. It compiles easily.
Or get a binary from the SCO's Skunkware collection.

When mutt attaches a binary file, it'll automatically MIME-encode it, so
you wouldn't even need to use uuencode.

--
JP

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