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Old 05-01-2006
lewisoco lewisoco is offline
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unix mail questions

Hi All,

Im trying to send a .ZIP file in an email message using mail or mailx. What is the easiest way to do this?

Thanks!

UPDATE: I used the following command which didnt work

mailx -s {my subject} {xxxxx@ssss.com} < /var/tmp/file.zip

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mail or sendmail.. both will work the same..
I use sendmail..
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Old 05-01-2006
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Hello,

Code:
uuencode file.tar.gz | mail admin@example.com < /dev/null
Try also with mutt:

Code:
mutt -a file.tar.gz admin@example.com < /dev/null
More info and examples at:

http://www.shelldorado.com/articles/...tachments.html

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Thanks. this worked:

uuencode file.zip | mail someone@somwhere.com
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