From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 16 13:53:30 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net (smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net [206.210.69.143]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0465437B404 for ; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 13:53:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 21409 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2002 21:47:31 -0000 Received: from dap-209-166-135-77.nfas.greensburg-tnt-1.sns234.pa.stargate.net (HELO wastegate.net) (209.166.135.77) by smtp3.mx.pitdc1.stargate.net with SMTP; 16 Jan 2002 21:47:31 -0000 Received: from mother.wastegate.net (mother.wg.local [192.168.1.2]) by wastegate.net (Postfix) with SMTP id BB49848449; Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:47:45 -0500 (EST) From: "Doug Reynolds" To: "ann kok" , "Barry Byrne" , "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 16:49:37 -0500 Reply-To: "Doug Reynolds" X-Mailer: PMMail 2000 Professional (2.20.2380) For Windows 98 (4.10.2222) In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: mail question Message-Id: <20020116214745.BB49848449@wastegate.net> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:41:39 -0000, Barry Byrne wrote: this manpage would probably also be a good start man uuencode/uudecode EXAMPLES The following example packages up a source tree, compresses it, uuencodes it and mails it to a user on another system. When uudecode is run on the target system, the file ``src_tree.tar.Z'' will be created which may then be uncompressed and extracted into the original tree. tar cf - src_tree | compress | uuencode src_tree.tar.Z | mail sys1!sys2!user The following example unpack all uuencode'd files from your mailbox into your current working directory. uudecode -c < $MAIL The following example extract a compress'ed tar archive from your mailbox uudecode -p < $MAIL | zcat | tar xfv - SEE ALSO basename(1), compress(1), mail(1), uucp(1), uuencode(5) >Ann: > >The attachment needs to be encoded prior to transmission as an attachment. >There are numerous ways to do this. Kyle Tucker has a useful web page with >some pointers: > > http://www3.primushost.com/~kylet/unix-att.html > >Cheers, > >Barry > >-- >Barry Byrne, IT Manager, >WBT Systems, Block 2, Harcourt Centre >Harcourt Street, Dublin 2, Ireland > >Phone: +353 1 417 0150 >Fax: +353 1 478 5544 >Email: barry.byrne@wbtsystems.com >Web: www.wbtsystems.com > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of ann kok >> Sent: 16 January 2002 15:24 >> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: mail question >> >> >> Dear all >> >> I also have mail question >> >> I can mail >> >> eg: mail ann < messages >> >> but mail someone with attachement? >> >> how do I use mail ann < messages.tar.gz ? >> >> It doesn't work >> >> Thank you again >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! >> http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >> > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > --- doug reynolds | the maverick | mav@wastegate.net PGP Public Key Fingerprint: 6E7B 9993 B503 6D45 E33A 2019 26E5 C1DB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message