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metasend(1) USER COMMANDS metasend(1)
NAME
metasend - Crude interface for sending non-text mail
SYNOPSIS
metasend [-b] [-c cc] [-e encoding] [-f filename] [-m
MIME-type] [-s subject] [-S splitsize] [-t to] [-z]
DESCRIPTION
The _m_e_t_a_s_e_n_d program will allow a user to send a pre-
existing data file as non-text audio mail.
With no arguments, the program will ask the user for the To,
Subject, and CC fields. It will then ask for the name of an
existing file. Next, it will ask the user to provide the
MIME content-type field value, which is something that most
users won't know how to answer. Finally, it will ask what
encoding type, if any, should be applied to this data.
Alternately, all of this information can be provided on the
comand line, using the following options:
-t to -- specifies the To address
-c cc -- specifies the CC address
-e encoding -- specifies the encoding type. Must be
either "base64", "quoted-printable", "7bit", or "x-uue".
"7bit" means no encoding is performed.
-f filename -- specifies the file containing the data
-m MIME-type -- specifies the MIME content-type
-s subject -- specifies the Subject field
-S splitsize -- specifies the maximum size before split-
ting into parts via splitmail(1).
-b -- specifies Batch (non-interactive) Mode. Will exit
with an error message if -f, -m, -s, and -t are not also
used.
-z -- specifies that the temporary files should be
deleted EVEN IF DELIVERY FAILS.
This is intended largely for mail hackers. A much
friendlier interface to non-text mail is provided by
mailto(1).
The mail will be delivered using the splitmail(1) program,
so if long it will arrive as several pieces which can be
automatically reassembled by metamail. The definition of
"long" can be altered using the -S flag or the SPLITSIZE
environment variable, as described in the splitmail(1) man
page.
SEE ALSO
audiosend(1), mailto-hebrew(1), mailto(1), metamail(1),
mmencode(1), splitmail(1)
Sun Release 4.1 Last change: Release 1 1
metasend(1) USER COMMANDS metasend(1)
BUGS
Should do a better job of choosing the encoding if you don't
specify one.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc.
(Bellcore)
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
material for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice and this permission
notice appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore
not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this
material without the specific, prior written permission of
an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS
MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
AUTHOR
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
Sun Release 4.1 Last change: Release 1 2