On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 03:33:16PM -0500, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Sat, Jun 28, 2003 at 04:08:05PM +0100, Millis Miller wrote: > > E) Email does binary attachments and uses MIME (mime types, base64 > > encoding) to "attach" and send them with the message. You can't do this > > by doing what is described above. You can UUEncode it, but A LOT of > > mail clients don't support UUEncoding anymore. Plus, you can attach > > multiple binary files with email, not just one UUEncoded file. For > > instance: > > uuencode file.bin | gpg --clearsign | mail .... > > OTOH, the above features seem useful.
mime-construct does multiple mime attachments. it does an excellent job, a very useful and versatile tool. it doesn't do uuencode, but a) uuencode is deprecated and should be avoided, and b) that's easy enough to do anyway: (for i in file1.bin file2.bin file3.bin ; uuencode $i ; echo ; done) | \ gpg --clearsign | mail ... FWIW, i don't think that mere duplication of existing functionality is a reason for a package not to be included in debian(*), but "email" is a really bad name for this program and this package. it's far too generic. (*) the only criteria for inclusion in debian are: 1. is it free? 2. is someone willing to package and maintain it? craig
