Using mailx to save attachments

Jublio · #1 (**permalink**) 07-01-2009

Hi,

I have a requirement to save a mail attachment sent from Windows to a Solaris 9 server.

I'm using mailx on the server and have seen a few examples of how to attach a file for sending but none for how to save the attachment when receiving.

I can see the encoded text when I look at the mail but have no idea how to convert it back to a file.

I understand that I can use uudecode but dont understand enough to get this happening (newbie).

Basically how do I get the file out of the mail and save it on the Solaris server?

Thanks in advance

otheus · #2 (**permalink**) 07-02-2009

Is this part of a script, or is this for a user operation? For the former, there are several tools with perl and python to handle attachments; using mailx you would pipe the program to such a script. For the latter, use something like "pine".

Jublio · #3 (**permalink**) 07-05-2009

Thanks for the reply. Its for a script. I have some leads to follow up on now. Will post again if I need more help.

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