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# 8  
Old 09-10-2009
I have a play around with the script and the following works: (a fluke obviously!)

1. HTML email body (in this case defined within the Shell Script)
2. Multiple attachments (HTML Excel etc)
3. All working correctly with no encoding problems or error messages!

Code:
export MAILTO="someone@somewhere.com"
export SUBJECT="$EMAIL_SUBJECT"
export BODY="$EMAIL_FILE"
export ATTACH="$HTML_FILE"
export ATTACH1="$EXCEL_FILE1"
export ATTACH2="$EXCEL_FILE2"
export ATTACH3="$EXCEL_FILE3"
(
 echo "To: $MAILTO"
 echo "Subject: $SUBJECT"
 echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
 echo 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-q1w2e3r4t5"'
 echo
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo "Content-Type: text/html"
 echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
 cat $BODY 
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: uuencode" 
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
 uuencode $ATTACH $(basename $ATTACH)
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: uuencode" 
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH1)'"'
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
 uuencode $ATTACH1 $(basename $ATTACH1)
  echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH2)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: uuencode" 
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH2)'"'
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
 uuencode $ATTACH2 $(basename $ATTACH2)
  echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
 echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH3)'"'
 echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: uuencode" 
 echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH3)'"'
 echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
 uuencode $ATTACH3 $(basename $ATTACH3) 
) | /usr/sbin/sendmail $MAILTO

Thanks for your help Ygor, would never have got this without your code.
Last edited by Scott; 01-05-2010 at 11:41 PM.. Reason: Added code tags
# 9  
Old 11-13-2009
Great script that you so much
I'm trying to also embed an image to the email with no luck and wondering if you can help me, here is KSH i'm using:
Code:
export MAILTO=myemail@me.com
export FROM="me@me.com"
export SUBJECT="Test"
export BODY="index_image.htm"
ATTACH=$1
export ATTACH1="WirelessEmail1.jpg"
(
echo "To: $MAILTO"
echo "FROM: $FROM"
echo "Subject: $SUBJECT"
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
echo 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-q1w2e3r4t5"'
echo
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
echo "Content-Type: text/html"
echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
cat $BODY
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
echo 'Content-Type: image/jpeg; filename="WirelessEmail1.jpg"'
echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
echo "Content-ID: <myimage.jpg>"
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: uuencode"
echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
uuencode $ATTACH $(basename $ATTACH)
) | /usr/sbin/sendmail $MAILTO

I do receive an email with attached PDF but the image does not show in HTML body, the following shows up between the HTML body and the attached PDF file:
Content-Type: image/jpeg; filename="WirelessEmail1.jpg" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

I tried Google and other posts on this site but couldn't figure out how to embed this image, any help would be appreciated, thank you
Last edited by Scott; 01-05-2010 at 11:41 PM.. Reason: Added code tags
# 10  
Old 11-16-2009
Not sure what your $1 variable is. I would try:
Code:
export MAILTO=myemail@me.com
export FROM="me@me.com"
export SUBJECT="Test"
export BODY="index_image.htm"
export ATTACH="WirelessEmail1.jpg"
(
echo "To: $MAILTO"
echo "FROM: $FROM"
echo "Subject: $SUBJECT"
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
echo 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-q1w2e3r4t5"'
echo
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
echo "Content-Type: text/html"
echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
cat $BODY
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
echo 'Content-Type: image/jpeg; filename="WirelessEmail1.jpg"'
echo "Content-Disposition: inline"
echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64"
echo "Content-ID: <myimage.jpg>"
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5'
echo 'Content-Type: application; name="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
echo "Content-Transfer-Encoding: uuencode"
echo 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="'$(basename $ATTACH)'"'
echo '---q1w2e3r4t5--'
uuencode $ATTACH $(basename $ATTACH)
) | /usr/sbin/sendmail $MAILTO

Last edited by Scott; 01-05-2010 at 11:42 PM.. Reason: Added code tags
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