Re: RE: Sending file as an attachment using mailx

Works with groupwise as well. >>> McKenzie Chris-WCM001c <Chris_McKenzie@europe36.mot.com> 08/30/00 05:40pm >>> Outlook here reads it no problem ....... you can even put .doc (.xls etc) on it and it will see it as Word (excel ..). AFAIK we haven't tweaked our system to allow this. Outlook seems smart enough (some mistake surely ) to decode it and leave it as an attachment. Chris. -----Original Message----- From: mars1972@my-deja.com [mailto:mars1972@my-deja.com] Sent: 30 August 2000 13:59 To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: RE: Sending file as an attachment using mailx This won't send it as a standard attachment that a regular mail client (like groupwise or outlook) can read, though. To send it as a standard attachment, you'll have to use something like mutt, which available from gnu. In article <8oie74$4l2$1@news.xmission.com>, McKenzie Chris-WCM001c <Chris_McKenzie@europe36.mot.com> wrote: > > Vinod, > > Try using uuencode eg > > $ uuencode filename newfilename |mailx -s "title" mailaddress> > This will send the file as an attachment > > Cheers. > > Chris. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bhansali, Vinod [mailto:vbhansali@firstam.com] > Sent: 29 August 2000 23:05 > To: 'informix-list@iiug.org' > Subject: Sending file as an attachment using mailx > > Hello all, > > I want to send a file as an attachment using mailx. When I send a file it > goes as a text in the message body. > > Thanks a lot in advance. > > System : IBM AIX 4.3.2 > > Thanks and regards > Vinod Bhansali > Informix DBA > First American Credco > Phone : 619-938-7926 > Fax : 619-938-7200 > -- # unrm / ksh: unrm: not found # man cpio Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.