mail with attachments


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Operating Systems Solaris mail with attachments
# 1  
Old 08-01-2008
mail with attachments

I want to send a mail with three attachments, but nothing happened. I tried it with mail and mailx.

Are there special options for these commands or is it not possible to send mails under Solaris with attachments? Must there be special adjustments in the environment?

Can anyone give an example, how the command has to look to send a test.txt to user1@localhost?
# 2  
Old 08-01-2008
uuencode 123.txt abc.txt | mailx someone@somewhere
# 3  
Old 08-01-2008
Question

Hi Incredible,


The uuencode command will encrypt the message txt file .

But will it send the mail thru attachment.

Throw some light on this.
# 4  
Old 08-01-2008
Hammer & Screwdriver

According to your original email:
Code:
uuencode test.txt test.txt | mailx user1@localhost

However, this is often augmented by the following, where the message gets a subject line:
Code:
uuencode test.txt test.txt | mailx -s "Important file requested" user1@localhost

Lastly, my understanding of mailx is that it can only accomodate one attachment at a time. When I ran into this issue, I just created a loop to send my three attachments as three emails.
There are other products (Mutt?) that may be able to accomodate the sending of multiple attachments.
# 5  
Old 08-01-2008
uuencode does not create proper MIME attachments, and mailx does not (usually) support MIME. See the FAQ mail forum for a script which sends multiple attachments.
# 6  
Old 08-03-2008
Try using 'mut' to send attachments.
# 7  
Old 08-03-2008
Add package for mut first. The command should be something like this:

$ mutt -s "your mail" -a /tmp/your_file.tar.gz herc@telus.com < /tmp/mymail_message.txt
Where,

herc@telus.com - is the recipient
/tmp/mymail_message.txt - is the main body of the e-mail
/tmp/your_file.tar.gz - is an attachment (with option -a)
"Your mail" - is a subject line (option -s)

Hope that helps...
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Read mail attachments in AIX

Hello All, Is there a way to read/view email attachments in AIX? Here's my scenario; I have users that will being scanning documents for digital storage. To make it easier for the users, I would like for them to scan and email the pdf version of the document directly to one of my AIX... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: bbbngowc
3 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Uuencode for mail attachments not working

Hi, I'm trying to send mail with attachments using uuencode, but it doesn't work. Command (also tried with mailx): uuencode testfile testfile | mail emailadress The email I get doesn't have an attachment, and has this in the message body: begin 664 testfile %=&5S=`H` ` end ... (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Subbeh
4 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

Adding Attachments to mail

Hi, I need to send a mail with html code in body and an attachment along with the body and subject. The html code must display a table with data in it in the mail. I have tried the 'sendmail' command, but I am am able to display the table in the mail and unable to attach an attachment. ... (5 Replies)
Discussion started by: Durga Prasad NK
5 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Problem with multiple mail attachments

Hi everyone... I am facing problem with the multiple mail attachments. cd /work/mohan/pi_log/ mail_file='uuencode ahmedabad.csv ahmedabad.csv ; uuencode ahmedabad_devrpt_20110530.csv ahmedabad_devrpt_20110530.csv' ( $mail_file ) | mailx -m -s"test" domain@website.com its giving me error... (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: mohanm
1 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

e-mail with multiple binary attachments!

Hi, I have to send email from UNIX with multiple excel attachments and the sender name needs to be customized (sender name need not to be UNIX user). I have checked many ways from this forum and other sources. But, nothing did work for me. Please help me! thanks, Raja. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: smr_rashmy
1 Replies

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Mail attachments getting corrupted...

Hi , Whenever I try to send mails with attachments to external email Id's the attachment is not encoded properly which appears along with body (text) of the mail. The attachement is always getting corrupted. Can anyone please suggest a solution. Regards, Sandipan (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Sandipan
1 Replies

7. AIX

Send mail attachments and have a mail body

Hi, How can I send mail attachments from shell script (AIX) and have a mail body as well ? Thanks in advance. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: shibajighosh
1 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

sending attachments in mail

Hi , i have tried the following command to send an email with an attachment its working fine but i am getting mail with the embeded content inside the mail that too truncated. i wanted it as an attachment. /usr/lib/sendmail -F "MAC SIA" address "rajendra@abc.com.sg" -t <... (6 Replies)
Discussion started by: rajendragora
6 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

file name got cut when using mail attachments

I am using the following command to send a zip file as an attachment to my internet email-id. uuencode ABC_DEFG_HIJ.zip ABC_DEFG_HIJ.zip | mail -s "attachment from shell" pal@yahoo.com Eventhough i have given the attached file as 'ABC_DEFG_HIJ.zip', when i receive the mail in my internet... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: Pal
3 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

mail attachments

I'm writing scripts on HP-UX. Is there a way to attach a file to a mail message. I don't want to imbed the data in the mail message. (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Multithreaded
1 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question