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

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.


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JP