On Apr 1, 2005 9:59 AM, Erik N�rgaard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gert Cuykens wrote: > >>Just how big is this movie and are you sure his ISP's/private > >>mail server would even accept it? > >> > > Its 5.5mb and my gmail doesnt want to sent it :( > > > > So how do you do that with the sendmail command ? > > As everyone else notes, this is not a job for e-mailing. Even if you > want to e-mail the file, it is not a job for sendmail. When you send > attachments they are typically base64 encoded, this explodes the file > from 5.5MB to about 8MB. > > You can cut it up in two ways: Use transcode to make shorter clips and > send separately or convert the file to base64, then cut it up manually > and ask your friend to concateneate the attachments and deconvert from > base64. > > The second option is the low tech - transcode is not designed to be user > friendly. > > But, as everyone suggest: Setup anon ftp, an apache webserver, or give > ssh access - all of these are faster, simpler and better. This is > posible if you are not NAT'ed and have a reasonably fixed ip. > > Erik
well i can setup a ftp but then i have to leave my pc on all the time , people need to sleep you know and i cant sleep whith PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR in the background. irc wasnt made to sent files either and look at it now , its more popular then ftp :) So how do i get a movie in my friends mailbox using sentmail ? I was thinking in de lines of sendmail -t [EMAIL PROTECTED] -a movie.mpeg -m hello.txt -s hello ? _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
