Scripting problem

[markham breitbach]

The easiest way to attach files in mailx is to use uuencode.

something like this:

dbdump.sh | uuencode dbdump.sql  | mail -s "DB backup for today"
myemail at 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 at 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 bash
>> shell array att) :
>>
>> smtp-cli \
>>     --ipv4 \
>>     --auth \
>>     --server="$SMTP" \
>>     --port=$PORT \
>>     --user="$fromaddr" \
>>     --pass="$password" \
>>     --from="$fromname <$fromaddr>" \
>>     --to="$sendto" \
>>     --subject="$subject" \
>>     "${att[@]}"
>>
>> If this solves your problem, good luck  : - )
>>
> 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 recipients.
>
> Paul Schmehl, Retired
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