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. If sendmail is re-jigged it will and does, 'cos Chris send me the file to prove it when I questioned him. It landed in my Outlook as a mail with an attachment. But standard out-of-box sendmail won't work > > 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. > ********************************************************************** The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the ordinary user(S) of the mail address(es) to which it was sent and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of it, or any part of it, in any form whatsoever, and any actions taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. **********************************************************************