RE: Sending file as an attachment using mailx

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

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.