Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 26 Mar, Will Lowe wrote about "Re: How to Email a Binary file from the command line"
>> I am wondering if anyone knows how to send a binary (.tar.gz) file from
>> the command line?  I am trying to write a "batch" (Sorry my old DOS
> 
> how 'bout:
> 
> mail username@host.domain.com < foo.tar.gz
> 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!  You will destroy the file.  It will send an 8bit
binary file via a 7bit ascii protocol.  There is a reason uuencode and
base64 encoding were implemented.  Its basically the same as sending a
binary file via ftp in ascii mode.

-- 
Brian 
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