On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 11:19:48 +1300 Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2004 at 11:09:24AM +1300, Michael JasonSmith wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-03-04 at 10:54, Mike Beattie wrote: > > > uuencode? > > >From http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=uuencode > > Program used to encode binary data as ASCII. Uuencode was > > originally used with uucp to transfer binary files over serial > > lines which did not preserve the top bit of characters but is > > now used for sending binary files by e-mail and posting to > > Usenet newsgroups etc. The program uudecode reverses the effect > > of uuencode, recreating the original binary file exactly. > > Right, and we'd already established that uuencode would be what Nick was > after. i.e., go and look at who I replied to - someone else beat me to the > same conclusion. - I wasn't asking a question. ok, but uuencode does not seem to actually create a mime message, you end up with the uuencoded file as a jumble of characters in a plain text message, rather than with mime-encoding. I recall having this conversation once before on this list, but couldn't find it this morning. I have since looked harder and longer at the archives and re-discovered C Sawtell's recommendation of mpack, which does a grand job. NAME mpack - pack a file in MIME format SYNOPSIS mpack [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [ -c con- tent-type ] file address ... mpack [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [ -c con- tent-type ] -o outputfile file mpack [ -s subject ] [ -d descriptionfile ] [ -m maxsize ] [ -c con- tent-type ] -n newsgroups file DESCRIPTION The mpack program encodes the the named file in one or more MIME mes- sages. The resulting messages are mailed to one or more recipients, written to a named file or set of files, or posted to a set of news- groups. Thanks for all the input people. > > Mike. > -- > Mike Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZL4TXK, IRLP Node 6184 > > CPU's dont tend to work very well after their "magic smoke" has escaped. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
