Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi,

Problem with Sendmail

When I receive the mail in my outlook, (sent using sendmail ) , Outlook is not working properly( its getting hanged).I am using the script which is available in this forum. The following are the headers that are getting generated . Sendmail is running on SunOS (version 5.8).

****** Content Headers ****
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; boundary=Message-Boundary-JPR2474
--Message-Boundary-JPR2474

Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT
Content-description: Read Me First


Content-type: Application/Octet-Stream; name=/export/home/ss/outbox/004567_log.log; type=Text
Content-description: attachment; filename=/export/home/ss/outbox/004567_log.log

**********************


Can someone help me to fix this issue ..


thanks
Srini

The easiest fix is not to use Outlook. Since that probably isn't a suitable fix, please post the size of the file you are sending. This is usually the issue as Outlook can't handle large files very well (especially if you already have a bunch of stuff saved in your In box).

Also, to insure this isn't a Sendmail issue, check your log files (check /etc/syslog.conf for where mail logging is going to) to insure the mail is leaving that server. If you have successful messages stating the email was sent, then the issue is completely on the Outlook side.

The size of the file is only 15 KB.

So what script are you using (you state it is on this forum)? Post a link to it please.

And have you checked the logs on the SUN server for errors?

I have taken the code from this link .

https://www.unix.com/answers-to-frequently-asked-questions/9417-multiple-attachments-post33233.html#post33233


I have verified the logs, there are no errors..

mail is getting delivered in the inbox.

if you're just sending a text-formatted log file ... try

Code:

mailx -s "Your Subject" email.address@some.com < /dir/file.log

i don't think this is a sendmail issue --- the problem might be related to a non-printing character in the message that you sent ... try "hostname | mailx -v -s 'test' email.address@some.com" on the unix command line and see if it still hangs your outlook ... if no, check your log file entries for funky non-printing characters ... if yes, troubleshoot your sendmail install ...