Need to send attachment in Mail without using uuencode via script in AIX6.1


 
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Old 06-18-2012
Java Need to send attachment in Mail without using uuencode via script in AIX6.1

Dear All,

Would some one help me with this to send a file as attachment in a mail using a script without uuencode...
I am working on AIX 6.1, the thing is I dont have uuencode available... Is there any other alternate possible way to send file attachment with the mail without using uuencode or without having to install any tools..
Please suggest and also how to...Smilie

I have gone thro' the other posts in the forum, however cudn get one relatively matching this ... Pls advise...
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Old 06-18-2012
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Old 06-18-2012
HI Kamaraj...thanks for your response.. however it didn help much.. when i try out based on the second link which u ve provided the content still gets as text in mail not as attachment.. cud u pls let me know on this.. however the other two doesn help on my environment as the requirements to run those are not available... like mutt and metasend, getmimetype arent available.. Is there any other possibility..

******************This is script i tried now..givin me the content of the file in email rather than attachment*****************************
#!/bin/ksh
#

( echo "to: receiver_email"
echo "from: sender_email"
echo "subject: sending file.txt"
echo "mime-version: 1.0"
echo "content-type: multipart/related; boundary=xxxRANDOMSTRINGxxx"
echo
echo "--xxxRANDOMSTRINGxxx"
echo "content-type: text/plain"
echo
echo "Body of the message goes here"
echo "Here is filer.txt for your viewing pleasure"
echo
echo "--xxxRANDOMSTRINGxxx"
echo "content-type: text/plain; name=file.txt"
echo "content-transfer-encoding: base64"
echo
openssl base64 < FILENAME ) | sendmail -t -i
*******************************************************************

Last edited by msmadhan11; 06-18-2012 at 04:03 AM.. Reason: Additional info..
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Old 06-18-2012
do you have mutt ?
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Old 06-18-2012
No mutt too isnt available...
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Old 06-18-2012
if you have absolutely none of the above commands, and you can't install one of them, you could try a different way,
copy your file to a network share within the script (scp/ftp/locally mounted cifs/nfs share), and send a link with your mail
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Old 06-18-2012
You should consider installing mutt. It is quite easy to do and use. I am far from being an expert, but was able to install it and have incorporated it into my scripts to send attachments. Good luck.
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