Re: *attaching* a file to /usr/bin/mail message

From: Christopher Nehren (apeiron+usenet_at_coitusmentis.info)
Date: 04/02/05

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Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2005 17:43:06 +0000 (UTC)

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    On 2005-04-02, Colin J. Raven scribbled these
    curious markings:
    > I'm not stuck with mail, I use it with some shell scripts....but yeah, I
    > guess I could use mutt....there's an idea I hadn't previously
    > considered.

    If you're doing scripting, why not use an actual scripting language, and
    some tools actually designed to do what you're trying to do? For
    example, Perl has MIME::Lite, which does exactly what you want -- and
    not much else. I've used it to automate sending email based on the
    output of "make test".

    Best Regards,
    Christopher Nehren
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