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Old 12-20-2002
mimesender -- part two

Code:
		if ((nattach)) ; then
			DESC[nattach-1]=$OPTARG
		else
			scribe_err -D $optarg must follow a -A argument
			((error=error+1))
		fi
		;;
	s)
		SUBJECT=$OPTARG
		;;
	\?)
		scribe_err what is -${OPTARG}?
		((error=error+1))
		;;
	:)
		scribe_err $OPTARG need an argument
		((error=error+1))
		;;
	esac
done

#
#  Parameter error checking: an address is required

if ((!naddr)) ; then
	scribe_err "-t ADDRESS is required"
	((error=error+1))
fi


#
#  Parameter error checking: If BODY  was specified, it
#  must exist and be readable

if [[ ! -z $BODY ]] ; then
	if [[ $BODY != - ]] ; then
		if [[ ! -f $BODY ||  ! -r $BODY ]] ; then
			scribe_err  "-b $BODY is not a readable file"
			((error=error+1))
		fi
	else
		stdin_inuse=1
	fi
fi

#
#  Parameter error checking: If ATTACH was specified, it
#  must exist and be readable.  
#  Also we can use stdin only once

i=0
while ((i<nattach)); do
	if [[ ${ATTACH[i]} = - ]] ; then
		if ((stdin_inuse)) ; then
			scribe_err  only one item may come from stdin
			((errors=errors+1))
		else
			stdin_inuse=1
		fi
	else
		if [[ ! -f ${ATTACH[i]} ||  ! -r ${ATTACH[i]} ]] ; then
			scribe_err  -A ${ATTACH[i]} is not a readable file
			((error=error+1))
		fi
	((i=i+1))
	fi
done

#
#  FADDR must not have a @ in it.

if [[ $FADDR = *@* ]] ; then
	scribe_err You cannot specify a remote \"From:\" address
	((error=error+1))
fi

#
# We will abort now if we didn't like our parameters

if ((error)) ; then
	scribe_err "at least one fatal error was detected...exiting"
	exit 1
fi



#############################################################
#                                                           #
#    Section 2 ---  Build Header, Preamble, and Body        #
#                                                           #
#############################################################

#
#  Get user's name and address from the system


scribe_debug pwentry = $pwentry
if [[ $this_shell = ksh ]] ; then
	((index=0))
	while [[ $pwentry = *:* ]] ; do
		pwfield[index]=${pwentry%%${pwentry##*([!:])}}
		pwentry=${pwentry##*([!:]):}
		((index=index+1))
	done
	pwfield[index]=${pwentry}
	myname=${pwfield[4]%%,*}
	myaddr=${pwfield[0]}
else
	myaddr=$(echo "$pwentry" | sed 's/\([^:]*\).*$/\1/')
	myname=$(echo "$pwentry" | \
			sed 's/[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:[^:]*:\([^,:]*\).*$/\1/')
fi

scribe_debug myaddr = $myaddr
scribe_debug myname = $myname


#
# NB the following brace.  It is the start of the stuff piped to the MTA

{

#
#  Start with the "From:" Address

if [[ -n $FADDR ]] ; then
	if [[ -n $FNAME ]] ; then
		scribe_out "From: $FNAME <${FADDR}>"
	else
		scribe_out "From: $myname <${FADDR}>"
	fi
	scribe_out  "Sender: $myname <${myaddr}>"
elif [[ -n $FNAME ]] ; then
	scribe_out "From: $FNAME <${myaddr}>"
else
	scribe_out  "From: $myname <${myaddr}>"
fi

#
#  Next we will do the "To:" Addresses

((i=0))
Line=""
while ((i<naddr)) ; do
	if [[ -n ${TNAME[i]} ]] ; then
		Addition="${TNAME[i]} <${TADDR[i]}>"
	else
		Addition="${TADDR[i]}"
	fi

	if [[ -n $Line &&  $((${#Line}+${#Addition})) -gt 75 ]] ; then
		scribe_out "$Line"
		Line=""
	fi

	if [[ -z $Line ]] ; then
		Line="To: $Addition"
	else
		Line="$Line, $Addition"
	fi
	((i=i+1))
done
scribe_out "$Line"

#
#  Some misc header lines

if [[ -n $SUBJECT ]] ; then
	scribe_out  'Subject:' $SUBJECT
fi
scribe_out  'X-Mailer: mimesender' $VERSION
scribe_out  'Mime-Version: 1.0'

#
#  Output Mime Preamble if there are multiple parts

if ((npart>1)) ; then
	scribe_out  'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; '
	scribe_out  '    boundary='\"$BOUNDARY\"
	scribe_out 
	scribe_out  "$PREAMBLE"
	scribe_out 
fi

#
#  Output message body if we have one.

if [[ -n $BODY ]] ; then
	if ((npart>1)) ; then
		scribe_out  "--${BOUNDARY}"
	fi
	scribe_out  'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII'
	scribe_out 
	if [[ $BODY = - ]] ; then
		cat
	else
		cat $BODY
	fi
else
	scribe_out
fi

#############################################################
#                                                           #
#    Section 3 ---  Attachments                             #
#                                                           #
#############################################################
#

#
#  Loop on our attachments... 

i=0
while ((i<nattach)) ; do
	scribe_debug Attachment $i ${ATTACH[i]} ${FORMAT[i]} ${DESC[i]}

#
#  If we are in mutipart mode, do a boundary

	if ((npart>1)) ; then
		scribe_out  "--${BOUNDARY}"
	fi

#
#  Build attachment header

	if [[ ${FORMAT[i]} = B ]] ; then
		TYPE=$BType
	else
		TYPE=$AType
	fi
	scribe_out  'Content-Type: '${TYPE}'; name="'${ATTACH[i]}\"

	if [[ ${FORMAT[i]} != A ]] ; then
		scribe_out "Content-Transfer-Encoding: x-uue"
	fi

	scribe_out  'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'${DESC[i]}\"
	scribe_out 

#
#  Build a pipeline to process the attachment

	if [[ ${ATTACH[i]} = - ]] ; then
		PIPELINE="cat"
	else
		PIPELINE="cat ${ATTACH[i]}"
	fi
	[[ ${FORMAT[i]} = X ]] && PIPELINE=${PIPELINE}"| sed \"s/$/\${CR}/\""
	[[ ${FORMAT[i]} != A ]] && PIPELINE=${PIPELINE}"|uuencode ${DESC[i]}"
	scribe_debug PIPELINE = "$PIPELINE"
	eval $PIPELINE

	scribe_out 
	((i=i+1))
done

#############################################################
#                                                           #
#    Section 4 ---  Send Mail                               #
#                                                           #
#############################################################
#

#
#  If in multipart mode, do final boundary

if ((npart>1)) ; then
	scribe_out  "--${BOUNDARY}--"
fi

#
#  Here is where we send the mail

} | eval $MTA ${TADDR[@]}

if ((DEBUG)) ; then
	while read l ; do scribe_debug "$l" ; done < $DEBUGFILE
	rm $DEBUGFILE
fi

exit 0

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