Brad Knowles wrote: > At 5:21 PM -0700 9/20/06, Justin Zygmont wrote: > >> Thanks, I guess its just a matter of inserting the content-type header >> into the message then. I created these messages with a script that >> saved its output to a file, then used: >> mailx -s "subject" [EMAIL PROTECTED] <filename.html > > > If you build the message yourself, as opposed to using a MIME-aware MUA, > then yes -- you will also need to build the necessary MIME headers and > internal infrastructure. However, this can be a complex subject, and I > would recommend that you at least look into command-line utilities that > can help make this process easier. > > I can't think of the names of the toolkits off the top of my head, but > you should be able to find them pretty easily with Google. > > > But do keep in mind that even command-line MUAs like mailx won't let you > control your own headers. If you want to control the headers, you will > need to feed your formatted message directly to sendmail or some other > comparable message submission agent. > > When I've done that in the past, it's looked something like: > > sendmail -t [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /path/to/message > >> If only there is a command line mailer that will allow me to add the >> mime type header to the email, then that would allow the message to >> display correctly in both my email client, and the list archives. > > > I'd bet that "mutt" could do that, since it is the MUA that was > originally written by the guy who also wrote the PGP/MIME RFC, so he > clearly knows both his crypto/PGP stuff and his MIME stuff. > > Note that mutt does give you some control over what goes in the headers, > but mostly that's for putting in your own "X-" headers and not doing > critical things like mucking about with the MIME structure of the message.
thanks, I see it adds proper headers this way, but I still don't see a way to control what mime type to use. I used the sendmail command with an html file and it still came through as ascii. I've found that one workaround is to use mutt -a to include the file as an attachment, but i'm suprised there's no easy way to do this. Thanks everyone for your help, I think the lesson is to find something other than uuencode when sending to mailman so it doesnt spoil the list archives. ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
