Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 10:19:11 -0600 From: markham breitbach <markham@ssimicro.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scripting problem Message-ID: <f6d054ba-0247-bc17-32d2-ad1d160f5577@ssimicro.com> In-Reply-To: <8C8E7D66788801594EC0FC4C@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <7AB396F429EEB6890100F082@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <VI1PR02MB1200B33C1F59A223B84E9153F6770@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <8C8E7D66788801594EC0FC4C@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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The easiest way to attach files in mailx is to use uuencode.
something like this:
dbdump.sh | uuencode dbdump.sql=A0 | mail -s "DB backup for today"
myemail@example.com
-M
On 2017-10-08 12:14 AM, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On October 8, 2017 at 6:08:51 AM +0000 Manish Jain
> <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I do not use mutt (one of the most unfriendly Unix apps) so I cannot
>> comment on what is the problem here. But I would to suggest one thing =
to
>> you for CLI mail : use the port/pkg smtp-cli
>>
>> Here is a working sample for mail with attachment (bundled into the ba=
sh
>> shell array att) :
>>
>> smtp-cli \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--ipv4 \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--auth \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--server=3D"$SMTP" \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--port=3D$PORT \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--user=3D"$fromaddr" \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--pass=3D"$password" \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--from=3D"$fromname <$fromaddr>" \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--to=3D"$sendto" \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0--subject=3D"$subject" \
>> =A0=A0=A0=A0"${att[@]}"
>>
>> If this solves your problem, good luck=A0 : - )
>>
> I guess I should have pointed out that I'm sending mail on localhost,
> so there's no auth involved. I'm using mutt because mailx doesn't
> appear to have the ability to attach files.
>
> I solved the problem by using a one word subject. It's weird that Mutt
> is somehow parsing the words in the subject and using them as recipient=
s.
>
> Paul Schmehl, Retired
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> are my own and not those of my employer.
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