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Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments
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Bob Carragher |
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments |
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Thu, 12 May 2016 15:44:55 -0700 |
Not sure if this is a possible heads-up or just me running an old
version of MH ("comp -version" returns "comp -- nmh-1.5 [compiled
on batsu at Sat Dec 1 11:08:10 UTC 2012]"), but I use a large
value for -maxunencoded in my $HOME/.mh_profile to prevent MH
from base64-encoding my (100% 7-bit text) messages when they
include long lines. Specifically:
mhbuild: -maxunencoded 9999
This has not been a problem for me until I used the "attach"
option suggested by this thread: when I then used "send" I get:
What now? s
mhbuild: -maxunencoded unknown
If this has been fixed in version 1.6, then my apologies for
noting this.
Otherwise, is this a possible bug?
Thanks!
Bob
On Thu, 12 May 2016 14:57:35 -0500 "Martin McCormick" <address@hidden> sez:
> Ken Hornstein <address@hidden> writes:
> > 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).
>
> I'd like to thank everybody who provided an answer to this
> question. As seldom as I need to send attachments, I was
> looking for the easiest way to do this. Thanks for the help.
>
> Martin McCormick
>
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments, Ken Hornstein, 2016/05/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments, Martin McCormick, 2016/05/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments,
Bob Carragher <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments, Ken Hornstein, 2016/05/12
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments, Bob Carragher, 2016/05/13
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments, Ken Hornstein, 2016/05/13
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments, Bob Carragher, 2016/05/13
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments, Ralph Corderoy, 2016/05/14