> > > > cat file | uuencode tgt_filname | mail -s "subject" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
uuencode <tgt_filname | mail -s "subject" [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of cat. less one unneeded piping. > > > > subject can be derived from shell script variables if necessary. > > Do you have to do a uudecode on the receiving end to recover the file? > > I tried this - sending a pdf file from this FreeBSD system to a Windoze user > that gets mail via POP - it didn't work. The filename came through, and it > was listed as an attachment, but there was nothing useful in the file. > i think windoze just can't decode uuencoded attachments right. it only supports base64 right. metamail will be useful, possibly /usr/local/bin/encode-base64 was installed by package p5-MIME-Base64-2.21 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
