In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > example: > > [prompt]$ cat mytar.tar.gz |mimeit application/x-gtar/ "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > "This is the subject of the mail" > > Cool, it worked, I think. When it gets to the other end i get several > messages all with attachments called "Part 1" "Part 2". How do I get my > original file back again at the other side? (Im in windows using > netscape if it makes a difference - if I can just find out what has been > done to it maybe I can get it back!)
It splits the file up into chunks and sends it one chunk per mail because some mail transports will reject mail over a certain size. I don't know how netscape re-assembles these chunks. You can try making the default chunksize larger so that it is not split. To do this, you can add the -s option to the end of the command, along with the maximum message size. For example: [prompt]$ cat mytar.tar.gz |mimeit application/x-gtar/ "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" "Subject" -s 10000000 will not split anything unless it is bigger than 10 Megs. mimeit just calls the "splitmail" command, so see "man splitmail" for more details. -Mitch
