04-25-2007
Solution is ( thanks to Pratik ) :
The approach used in the script is as follows:-
A string "[include $temp_info_csv application/msexcel base64]" is appended at the end of the body of the mail text.
Then using ELM unix mail option
cat $temp_mail|elm -s "Report" $c_mail_id;
where $temp_mail :- mail text
elm -s ( -s option if for subject of the mail)
$c_mail_id is the External email id referred for the report file $temp_info_csv.
The box which is being used has got entry for ELM version 2.4
For the first time, we just type elm from command prompt and it asks to set the Mailbox directory for the user logged in.
E.g. my Mailbox is in '/var/mail/dasp23' where dasp23 is my unix user id. This is the initial setting we have to do, so that it ELM can be invoked from shell script.
Here are the details of INCLUDE options :
[include file contenttype/subtype encoding]
The [include] has 3 arguments used to process your included files, as follows:
file
This is a file which must exist. You can specify the filename relative to your current directory, or via an absolute path.
contenttype/subtype
This section tells the recipient's mail program what type of data is being included. See the sample data types listed below.
encoding
This is an optional parameter, of which base64 and 7bit are two sample valid encoding methods.
When you place this text into your message, elm will automatically look for the file and include it in your mail message. The recipient of this mail must have the capability to read MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension) mail messages.
Regards,
Sandipan
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LEARN ABOUT POSIX
mail.local
mail.local(1M) System Administration Commands mail.local(1M)
NAME
mail.local - store mail in a mailbox
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/mail.local [-f sender] [-d] recipient
DESCRIPTION
mail.local reads the standard input up to an end-of-file and appends it to each user's mail file (mailbox). This program is intended to be
used by sendmail(1M) as a mail delivery agent for local mail. It is not a user interface agent.
Messages are appended to the user's mail file in the /var/mail directory. The user must be a valid user name.
Each delivered mail message in the mailbox is preceded by a "Unix From line" with the following format:
From sender_address time_stamp
The sender_address is extracted from the SMTP envelope address (the envelope address is specified with the -f option).
A trailing blank line is also added to the end of each message.
The mail files are locked with a .lock file while mail is appended.
The mail files are created with mode 660, owner is set to recipient, and group is set to mail. If the ``biff'' service is returned by get-
servbyname(3SOCKET), the biff server is notified of delivered mail. This program also computes the Content-Length: header which will be
used by the mailbox reader to mark the message boundary.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
-f sender Specifies the "envelope from address" of the message. This flag is technically optional, but should be used.
-d Specifies the recipient of the message. This flag is also optional and is supported here for backward compatibility. That
is, mail.local recipient is the same as mail.local -d recipient.
-l Turn on LMTP mode.
-r from Specify the sender's name (for backward compatibility).
-7 Do not advertise 8BITMIME support in LMTP mode.
-b Return a permanent error instead of a temporary error if a mailbox exceeds quota.
OPERANDS
The following operand is supported:
recipient The recipient of the mail message.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
TZ Used to set the appropriate time zone on the timestamp.
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Successful operation.
>0 An error occurred.
FILES
/tmp/local.XXXXXX temporary files
/tmp/lochd.XXXXXX temporary files
/var/mail/user_name user's mail file
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWsndmu |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
mail(1), comsat(1M), sendmail(1M), getservbyname(3SOCKET), attributes(5)
SunOS 5.10 11 Apr 1997 mail.local(1M)