mmsend

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NAME

mmsend - simple front end to metamail
mmsendsh - interactive front end to metamail  

SYNOPSIS

mmsend [-b][-s subject] [-c cc] [-e encoding] [-m MIME-type] [-x ] [-X ] [-f filename] [-S splitsize] [-z] address
mmsendsh [-b][-s subject] [-c cc] [-e encoding] [-m MIME-type] [-x ] [-X ] [-f filename] [-S splitsize] [-z] address
 

DESCRIPTION

The mmsend program will allow a user to send files via metamail. The mmsendsh script program will interact with the user to get information and then call mmsend.  

OPTIONS

Alternately, all of this information can be provided on the comand line, using the following options:
are all required.
-c cc
Set a cc address.
-e encoding
Set the encoding type.
-m MIME-type
Set the MIME content type.
-f filename
Specify a filename. It is an error to specify a file before a MIME content type has been specified.
-s subject
Set the subject.
-S splitsize
Set the maximum message size.
-X
Send the file specified as an external body part.
-x
Cancel -X.
-z
Remove the temporary files even if delivery fails.
addresses ...
Set the destination addresses.
Multiple instances of the -e, -m, -x, -X and -f options can be given. Each file is sent with the most recently specified encoding and MIME content type specified. mmsend is intended largely calling from other programs in batch mode. 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

mailto(1), metamail(1), mmencode(1), splitmail(1)  

BUGS

Should do a better job of choosing the encoding if you don't specify one.  

COPYRIGHT

 

AUTHOR

By Stuart Lynne
Adapted from metasend(1) by Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
BUGS
COPYRIGHT
AUTHOR

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