Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 07:17:10 -0400 From: Baho Utot <baho-utot@columbus.rr.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Scripting problem Message-ID: <baf505b7-9f4a-70af-2bbd-82898bb6a47c@columbus.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <8C8E7D66788801594EC0FC4C@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> References: <7AB396F429EEB6890100F082@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local> <VI1PR02MB1200B33C1F59A223B84E9153F6770@VI1PR02MB1200.eurprd02.prod.outlook.com> <8C8E7D66788801594EC0FC4C@Pauls-MacBook-Pro.local>
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On 10/08/17 02:14, Paul Schmehl wrote:
> --On October 8, 2017 at 6:08:51 AM +0000 Manish Jain
> <bourne.identity@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> I do not use mutt (one of the most unfriendly Unix apps) so I cannot
>> comment on what is the problem here. But I would to suggest one thing to
>> you for CLI mail : use the port/pkg smtp-cli
>>
>> Here is a working sample for mail with attachment (bundled into the bash
>> shell array att) :
>>
>> smtp-cli \
>> --ipv4 \
>> --auth \
>> --server="$SMTP" \
>> --port=$PORT \
>> --user="$fromaddr" \
>> --pass="$password" \
>> --from="$fromname <$fromaddr>" \
>> --to="$sendto" \
>> --subject="$subject" \
>> "${att[@]}"
>>
>> If this solves your problem, good luck : - )
>>
> I guess I should have pointed out that I'm sending mail on localhost, so
> there's no auth involved. I'm using mutt because mailx doesn't appear to
> have the ability to attach files.
>
> I solved the problem by using a one word subject. It's weird that Mutt
> is somehow parsing the words in the subject and using them as recipients.
>
In bourne shell quoting is your friend. Have a look at variable expansion.
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