sending mail from command line in FreeBSD 6.1

[Richard Potter]

Try this:

uuencode /path/to/attachment attachment.name | mail -s "Subject" address

So..

uuencode /tmp/testfile.xls testfile.xls | mail -s "Test" you at where

Works for me on AIX and linux.

Richard

On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 08:25:38PM +0000, emm1 wrote:

> The contents of the file is put in the body instead of being delivered
> as an attachment with that command. :)
> 
> On 8/24/06, Remy de Ruysscher <rdr at xs4all.nl> wrote:
> >
> >Hi,
> >Use cat file | mailx -s "Subject" receipient -c "another receipient"
> >
> >Regards,
> >Remy
> >
> >On Thu, August 24, 2006 21:22, rob wrote:
> >> Not sure if this will work in FreeBSD, but I use this with CentOS
> >>
> >> Usage:  sendEmail [options]   or   command | sendEmail [options]
> >>
> >>   Required:
> >>     -f <from>            from email address
> >>     -t <to> [<to>]       to email address(es) (space separated list)
> >>
> >>   Common:
> >>     -u <subject>         (this will soon be -s, and -s will become
> >> -h[ost])
> >>     -m <message>         if -m is absent the message is read from STDIN
> >>     -s <server[:port]>   default is localhost:25
> >>
> >>   Optional:
> >>     -a <file> [<file>]   file attachment(s)
> >>     -cc  <to> [<to>]     cc  email address(es)
> >>     -bcc <to> [<to>]     bcc email address(es)
> >>
> >>   Paranormal:
> >>     -l <logfile>         log to the specified file
> >>     -v                   verbosity - use multiple times for greater 
> >effect
> >>     -q                   be quiet (no stdout output)
> >>
> >> http://caspian.dotconf.net/menu/Software/SendEmail/
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info
> >> [mailto:mailscanner-bounces at lists.mailscanner.info] On Behalf Of emm1
> >> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 1:55 PM
> >> To: MailScanner discussion
> >> Subject: sending mail from command line in FreeBSD 6.1
> >>
> >> Anyone know how i can send a mail to user from command line in FreeBSD
> >> with an attachment ? I tried sendmail -toi user at domain.com < test.txt
> >> but the test.txt doesn't come as an attachment, the contents of the
> >> file comes in the body of the mail.
> >>
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Richard Potter