Mark Knoop wrote: > 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.) > > 2. Are the locale settings the same on both systems? > > 3. Define unreadable. What _exactly_ is wrong with the email? > > 4. Perhaps the OpenSuse list would be a better place for this? Another idea: does it work any differently if you try: cat licinfo.txt | mail -s subj joukj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mail on Fedora is provided my the mailx package - is it the same on Suse? Which version? $ rpm -qf `which mail` mailx-8.1.1-46.fc7 -- Mark Knoop
