Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-30 Thread Peter S Galbraith
Wojciech Zabolotny wrote: > On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Jeff Katcher wrote: > > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > > the command line? > > What about such a simple command: > mpack -s "Subject of the message" filename recipient_address Someone at work needed

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-28 Thread Wojciech Zabolotny
On Fri, 26 Mar 1999, Jeff Katcher wrote: > Hi all > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > the command line? What about such a simple command: mpack -s "Subject of the message" filename recipient_address Additionally you may use the "-m" option to split the b

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Jeff Katcher
> 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. It Dosn't > You can try making the default chunksize larger so that it is not split. > To do this, y

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Mitch Blevins
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". Ho

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Jeff Katcher
Mitch Blevins wrote: > > In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > > the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS > > stuff coming back) program that tars and gzipps up some directorys and >

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Brian Servis
*- On 26 Mar, Will Lowe wrote about "Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line" >> I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from >> the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS > > how 'bou

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Will Lowe
> I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS how 'bout: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] < foo.tar.gz Will ---

Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

1999-03-26 Thread Mitch Blevins
In foo.debian-user, you wrote: > Hi all > > I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from > the command line? I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS > stuff coming back) program that tars and gzipps up some directorys and > then emails them to me. All this for