[wellylug] Problem with attachment

[Peter Lynch]

This is the bit of my script I least understand, but I couldn't find any
other way of attaching a file to an email.  If there is another way of
sending an attachment, please let me know.

Regards
Peter 

-----Original Message-----
From: wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz
[mailto:wellylug-bounces at lists.wellylug.org.nz] On Behalf Of Mark Foster
Sent: Wednesday, 4 March 2009 11:03
To: Wellington Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [wellylug] Problem with attachment

What happens if you don't uuencode it?



On Wed, March 4, 2009 10:58 am, Peter Lynch wrote:
> 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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