> Every umpteen odd years, I need to send somebody an audio >recording or some other binary attachment so the question is what >is the best way to do that under mh?
While every answer you've been given is correct, here's some slightly-more detailed explanation (all of this assumes an up-to-date nmh). The simplest way is to run the "attach" command at the WhatNow? prompt. This will choose a MIME type and create an set of MIME parameters that will be appropriate 95% of the time. But all that "attach" really does is add the Attach: header to the message; other programs take care of the magic. You can also add the Attach header directly to your message. The arguments to the Attach header are a single filename. You can have multiple Attach: headers. So really, think of the "attach" command and the "Attach" header as doing the same thing, because they do. The final way is to create mhbuild directives; see mhbuild(1) for more detail. This lets you specify the exact MIME structure of a message. This gives you a great amount of control; the downside is you need to be relatively knowledgable about MIME if you want to use this functionality effectively. Your question makes me think you probably don't really want to use this; I only mention it for the sake of completeness. So, in summary: use the "attach" command at WhatNow?, or the Attach: header if you want to do something a little more intelligent (like Paul Fox's script). --Ken _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
