Comments on: Attach files to email via command line http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/ Technology and System Administration Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:12:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aaron http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/comment-page-1/#comment-23797 aaron Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:59:36 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/#comment-23797 ummm. i hate to burst your bubble but.. nobody in this day/age should be using uuencode for anything. uuencoded attachments will be destroyed going through a large majority of email systems, especially when the mta involves ASCIIEBCDIC gateways, these will sever the 8th bit control codes. Theres a good explanation of the problems here: http://www.imc.org/ietf-822/old-archive1/msg00290.html And seriously. just use mimencode with base64, its understood by nearly every mail client and won't get clipped by EBCDIC conversion. ummm. i hate to burst your bubble but..

nobody in this day/age should be using uuencode for anything.

uuencoded attachments will be destroyed going through a large majority of email systems, especially when the mta involves ASCIIEBCDIC gateways, these will sever the 8th bit control codes.

Theres a good explanation of the problems here:

http://www.imc.org/ietf-822/old-archive1/msg00290.html

And seriously. just use mimencode with base64, its understood by nearly every mail client and won’t get clipped by EBCDIC conversion.

]]> By: aaron http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/comment-page-1/#comment-41399 aaron Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:59:00 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/#comment-41399 ummm. i hate to burst your bubble but.. nobody in this day/age should be using uuencode for anything. uuencoded attachments will be destroyed going through a large majority of email systems, especially when the mta involves ASCIIEBCDIC gateways, these will sever the 8th bit control codes. Theres a good explanation of the problems here: http://www.imc.org/ietf-822/old-archive1/msg00290.html And seriously. just use mimencode with base64, its understood by nearly every mail client and won't get clipped by EBCDIC conversion. ummm. i hate to burst your bubble but..

nobody in this day/age should be using uuencode for anything.

uuencoded attachments will be destroyed going through a large majority of email systems, especially when the mta involves ASCIIEBCDIC gateways, these will sever the 8th bit control codes.

Theres a good explanation of the problems here:

http://www.imc.org/ietf-822/old-archive1/msg00290.html

And seriously. just use mimencode with base64, its understood by nearly every mail client and won’t get clipped by EBCDIC conversion.

]]> By: hyu http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/comment-page-1/#comment-5723 hyu Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:15:22 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/#comment-5723 uuencode f1 f1 > f1.uu uuencode f2 f2 > f2.uu echo "mail body" > mail.body cat mail.body f1.uu f2.uu | mail -s "test e-mail" you.e-mail@address.com uuencode f1 f1 > f1.uu
uuencode f2 f2 > f2.uu
echo “mail body” > mail.body
cat mail.body f1.uu f2.uu | mail -s “test e-mail” you.e-mail@address.com

]]> By: hyu http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/comment-page-1/#comment-41398 hyu Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/#comment-41398 uuencode f1 f1 > f1.uu uuencode f2 f2 > f2.uu echo "mail body" > mail.body cat mail.body f1.uu f2.uu | mail -s "test e-mail" you.e-mail@address.com uuencode f1 f1 > f1.uu
uuencode f2 f2 > f2.uu
echo “mail body” > mail.body
cat mail.body f1.uu f2.uu | mail -s “test e-mail” you.e-mail@address.com

]]> By: gare http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/comment-page-1/#comment-4115 gare Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:16:08 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/#comment-4115 How do you attach 2 files ? :0) Thanks for posting this solution!. How do you attach 2 files ?

:0)
Thanks for posting this solution!.

]]> By: gare http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/comment-page-1/#comment-41397 gare Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:16:00 +0000 http://systembash.com/content/linux-command-line-attach-files-email/#comment-41397 How do you attach 2 files ? :0) Thanks for posting this solution!. How do you attach 2 files ?

:0)
Thanks for posting this solution!.

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