[wellylug] Problem with attachment

[Peter Lynch]

I have the following script which runs daily on my Debian Lenny server.

#! /bin/bash

export maildate=`date --date=yesterday +'%h %e'`
sudo less /var/log/mail.log | grep "$maildate" > mail.txt
uuencode mail.txt mail.txt | mail -s "Mail log" xxx at xxx.co.nz

When I view the mail through SquirrelMail (version 1.4.15), it does not
recognise the file as being an attachment.  It simply displays this:

begin 644 mail.txt
M36%R("`S(#`P.C`P.C$U(&AE;&5N82!D8V-I9F1;,3<X-UTZ(#$N,BXW-"!R
M96IE8W1E9"!M97-S86=E<R!T;R`P('1A<F=E=', at 86YD(&1I<V-A<F1E9"!M
M97-S86=E<R!T;R`P('1A<F=E=', at 86UO;F<@,"!T;W1A;"!S:6YC92`P,R\P
M,B\P.2`P,#HP,#HQ-`I-87(@(#,@,#`Z,3`Z,#(@:&5L96YA('!O<W1F:7 at O
M<&EC:W5P6S<V-#!=.B`Q-#5#-C,V038T,#`R.B!U:60],3`P,"!F<F]M/3QP
M971E/@I-87(@(#,@,#`Z,3`Z,#(@:&5L96YA('!O<W1F:7 at O8VQE86YU<%LR
M,3 at P-%TZ(#$T-4,V,S9!-C0P,#(Z(&UE<W-A9V4M:60]/#(P,#DP,S`R,3$Q
M,#`R+C$T-4,V,S9!-C0P,#)`:&5L96YA+FMA<F]R:2YN970N;GH^"DUA<B`@
M,R`P,#HQ,#HP,B!H96QE;F$@<&]S=&9I>"]Q;6=R6S(T,S,P73H@,30U0S8S
M-D$V-#`P,CH at 9G)O;3T\<&5T94!H96QE;F$N:V%R;W)I+FYE="YN>CXL('-I
M>F4].38Q-C4L(&YR8W!T/3$@*'%U975E(&%C=&EV92D*36%R("`S(#`P.C$P
M.C`T(&AE;&5N82!A;6%V:7-;,3,X,#5=.B`H,3,X,#4M,#,I("@A*4-L86U!
M5BUC;&%M9#H at 0V%N)W0 at 8V]N;F5C="!T;R!53DE8('-O8VME="`O=F%R+W)U
M;B]C;&%M878O8VQA;60N8W1L.B`R+"!R971R>6EN9R`H,BD*36%R("`S(#`P
M.C$P.C$P(&AE;&5N82!A;6%V:7-;,3,X,#5=.B`H,3,X,#4M,#,I("@A(2E#
...

Is there something wrong with my script, or something I need to
configure in SquirrelMail?

Regards
Peter Lynch
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