[ILUG] sending a file via email with a script

Lars Hecking lhecking at nmrc.ie
Sat Sep 2 14:10:53 IST 2000


> uuencode <File to attach> <Name of file in email message> | mail -s <subject> <recipient at domain>
 
 <nits type="terminology">
 Maybe I'm the only person in the whole world to make this distinction, but
 IMNSHO an encoded file in (or as) body of a message is not an attachment.

 In my understanding, the notion of an "attachment" implies a structure -
 like a structured message body as defined by the MIME standards. A flat,
 non-MIME message OTOH has no such structure, and can therefore not contain
 attachments.
 </nits>





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