> Contents of some file > cat /some/file | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s test2
This would be a bad idea for any files which a) are binary, b) hane line lengths exceeding what smtp promises to handle. There's another big catch with using a program called "mail": every unix system and every distro version installs something different as "mail". If you want to stay remotely portable, you can use "mail" only for the most basic and crude things. Some of those "mail" programs don't even allow you to specify the subject with -s !!! In the end I decided I wasn't having any of this rubbish, and found the most stable solution which also deals with binary files and makes attachments, to be mutt -s ".." -a /some/file emailaddr And all the settings are easily done and under my control. For something embedded, -F is particularly handy. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
