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# 1  
Old 08-07-2008
Question mailx on solaris - How to add mail body
hi,

Can anyone please tell me how to add some text in the mail body like I can add subject using the following syntax.

mailx -s "Hi - This is mail subject" xyz@abc.com

Many Thanks.
# 2  
Old 08-07-2008
Code:
mailx -s "Hi - This is mail subject" xyz@abc.com <<EOF
this is the body of the email
EOF

or
Code:
echo 'this is the body of the email' | mailx -s "Hi - This is mail subject" xyz@abc.com

# 3  
Old 08-07-2008
This served the purpose but not completely...
Because I want to send an HTML message with attached file and it shoud have a body...

I m trying the following code but its not working:

uuencode ${CSV_FILE1} ${CSV_NAME1} | (
echo "From:${SENDER_ADDRESS}"
echo "To: ${EMAIL_RECIPIENTS}"
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
echo "Content-Type: multipart/mixed;"
echo ' boundary="PAA08673.1018277622/server.domain.com"'
echo "Subject: Test Message"
echo ""
echo "This is a MIME-encapsulated message"
echo ""
echo "--PAA08673.1018277622/server.domain.com"
echo "Content-Type: text/html"
echo ""
echo "<HTML>
<BODY bgcolor=white>
<blockquote><font color=black>Please find the attached report.</font> <font co
lor=blue>Message by me</font> <font
color=blue>Body</font></blockquote>
</body>
</html>"
echo "--PAA08673.1018277622/server.domain.com"
) | mailx -t

It only sends the html mail but without any attachment.
# 4  
Old 08-07-2008
Tools mailx on Solaris
I have found that with mailx, you can either
include an attachment
Code:
uuencode "$file1" "$file1" | mailx -s "Subject line" me@you.com

OR
have a text message
Code:
mailx -s "Subject line" me@you.com <message.txt

BUT NOT BOTH.

Perhaps take a look at mutt - you will find references on this Forum and elsewhere.
# 5  
Old 08-07-2008
CPU & Memory
Joeyg,

you can send both text and attachment with mailx.....
but the problem arises when you use the html text, the attached file get distorted...
like i m trying to send the mail using the following code:


Code:
echo "mail body" > tempfile
uuencode try.sh try.sh >> tempfile | mailx -s "Hi - This
is mail subject" user@domain.com < tempfile

Now if try the following code everything goes fine even in this case but the attachment contents get distorted and it can NOT be read (the attachment seems to get encoded)..

Code:
(
echo "MIME-Version: 1.0"
echo "Content-Type: mutipart/mixed;"
echo ' boundary="PAA08673.1018277622/server.domain.com"'
echo ""
echo "This is a MIME-encapsulated message"
echo ""
echo "--PAA08673.1018277622/server.domain.com"
echo "Content-Type: text/html"
echo ""
echo "<HTML>
<BODY bgcolor=red>
<blockquote>
<p><font color=black>Please find the attached report.</font></p><p> <font color=blue>Message by someone</font></p><p> <font color=blue>Body</font></p></blockquote>
</body>
</html>"
echo "--PAA08673.1018277622/server.domain.com"
) > temp

uuencode just.doc just.doc >> temp | mailx -s "Subject here" user@domain.com < temp


Please solve this error!
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