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Old 06-06-2012
Sendmail attachment problem on Gmail
Hi.

I am a user on HP-UX , OS Version 11.23 with the Itanium architecture.

I am using a script on HP-UX to send emails that include a Pdf attachment to clients. The scipt makes use of sendmail.

The scripts works for everything except gmail. When I go on gmail via my Web Browser, I can see the message with the attachment, but if I try to view or download the attachment, gmail tells me that the attachment cannot be found at its original source.

If I use this same script to send the mail to my hotmail account or my work email, everything is fine.

Can somebody please help? The script is shown below.

Code:
echo "From: ${MAIL_FROM}" > $MSG_FILE
echo "To: ${MAIL_TO}" >> $MSG_FILE
echo "Subject: ${SUBJECT}" >> $MSG_FILE
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0" >> $MSG_FILE
echo 'Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--_GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw"' >> $MSG_FILE
echo " " >> $MSG_FILE
echo "----_GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw" >> $MSG_FILE
echo "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1" >> $MSG_FILE
echo "Content-Disposition: inline" >> $MSG_FILE
echo " " >> $MSG_FILE
cat $BODY_FILE >> $MSG_FILE
echo " " >> $MSG_FILE
echo "----_GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw" >> $MSG_FILE
echo "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" >> $MSG_FILE
echo "Content-Disposition: inline; filename=${ATT_FILE_NAME}" >> $MSG_FILE
echo "Content-transfer-encoding: X-UUencode">>${MSG_FILE}
echo " " >> $MSG_FILE
/usr/bin/uuencode ${ATT_FILE} ${ATT_FILE} >> ${MSG_FILE}
echo " " >> $MSG_FILE
echo "----_GvXjxJ+pjyke8COw--" >> $MSG_FILE
echo " " >> $MSG_FILE
/usr/lib/sendmail ${MAIL_TO} < ${MSG_FILE};EXITSTATUS=$?

Last edited by joeyg; 06-06-2012 at 12:35 PM.. Reason: Please wrap commands and data with CodeTags
# 2  
Old 06-06-2012
What are the values of these two variables?
Code:
Quote:
${ATT_FILE_NAME}
${ATT_FILE}

# 3  
Old 06-06-2012
Hi Methyl.

Thanks for your reply.

The $(ATT_FILE) might be something like /tmp/in1201cx12345.pdf.
The $(ATT_FILE) will then simply be in1201cx12345.pdf.

---------- Post updated at 06:26 PM ---------- Previous update was at 06:24 PM ----------

Hi Methyl.

Sorry, I made a mistake with the prvious reply. Here are the correct answers:

Code:
The $(ATT_FILE) might be something like /tmp/in1201cx12345.pdf.
The $(ATT_FILE_NAME) will then simply be in1201cx12345.pdf.

Last edited by methyl; 06-06-2012 at 03:55 PM.. Reason: please use code tags
# 4  
Old 06-06-2012
Not tried with gmail, but suggest you try removing absolute paths from the mail message and also make the attachment filename consistent with the MIME header.

Code:
echo "Content-Disposition: inline; filename=${ATT_FILE_NAME}" >> $MSG_FILE


/usr/bin/uuencode ${ATT_FILE} ${ATT_FILE_NAME} >> ${MSG_FILE}

# 5  
Old 06-07-2012
Hi Methyl.

Thanks again for your reply.

I tried your suggestion, but the results were the same. However, I found the solution.

The problem was in the following lines: (I don't know why it was a problem):

Code:
echo " " >> $MSG_FILE

The lines should have read:
Code:
echo "" >> $MSG_FILE

I removed the space between the quotes and now I can open the pdf attachment on gmail, hotmail, work email, webmail for my home email, etc.
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