Mike McMullen wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Greshko" <Ed.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> >> http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/linux/cmd/cmd.csp?path=m/metasend >> >> Is one place that explains it all.... >> >> > Thanks Ed. That's essentially the man page prettied up. Yes, and I thought that's what you were looking for.... Sorry. > However being no MIME expert nor even a novice... ;-) > > I sent myself some attachments and looked at the message sources > and cobbled this together that seems to work: > > metasend -b -f My.html -m "text/html" -n -f MyWord.doc -m > "application/msword" -D "MyWord" -s "Test Email" -t > myname@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > So if anyone else is as MIME ignernt as I are, use the above > substituting the appropriate content type and content description. > > Additional files can be added by repeating options -n -f -m -D > for each file. > > Live and learn, FWIW, metasend is rather old, I think. I've not used it in ages. I thought it would use the /etc/mime.types file to equate the doc extension with application/msword such that you need not use the -m parameter. Ed -- I'm mentally OVERDRAWN! What's that SIGNPOST up ahead? Where's ROD STERLING when you really need him?
