Mark Knoop wrote on 25-SEP-2007 16:00:17.13 >Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I try to send an E-mail with the content of an ASCII file as the >> body. I do this with the following command mail -s subj >> joukj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx < licinfo.txt >> >> When I give the command on a Fedora (several versions tested) the >> E-mail is recieved with the expected text in the body. If I give the >> command on an OpenSuse 10.2 system An E-mail which is unreadable is >> recieved at the other end. > >1. Are you sure the file (licinfo.txt) is _exactly_ the same on both >systems? (Try "file licinfo.txt" on both and compare the results.) sure . I sftp'd the file from one system to the other When "cat" the file it looks OK > >2. Are the locale settings the same on both systems? Should be checked. However mail should be independent since you do not know anything of the recieving system >3. Define unreadable. What _exactly_ is wrong with the email? Just a bunch of "random" characters. >4. Perhaps the OpenSuse list would be a better place for this? Agreed. Note that I posted it there and send an CC to the Fedora list. Guess, who answers first and wgy I love Fedora so much and do not like my university forcing Opensuse on me. Jouk Bush : All votes are equal but some votes are more equal than others. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------< Jouk Jansen joukj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Technische Universiteit Delft tttttttttt uu uu ddddddd Kavli Institute of Nanoscience tttttttttt uu uu dd dd Nationaal centrum voor HREM tt uu uu dd dd Lorentzweg 1 tt uu uu dd dd 2628 CJ Delft tt uu uu dd dd Nederland tt uu uu dd dd tel. 31-15-2782272 tt uuuuuuu ddddddd >------------------------------------------------------------------------------<