On 8.3.2010 15:53, Raven wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I recently wrote a small content filter script (in bash) to use on my
> local Postfix installation. The script receives via "pipe:" the
> recipient and the sender's addresses then responds by sending back a
> message containing some body text and an image attachment.
> It works as it is supposed to do, but with some email clients the image
> is not displayed properly.
> Gmail, Yahoo and MS Outlook detect the image as an attachment, but
> Squirrelmail and my Blackberry only show garbled text.
> Here's what a message looks like:
>
> [headers]
> [body]
>
> begin 600 img.jpg
> M_]C__@`.5$N5!Y(J````````__X`#DD!-@&D!P```&J2R__;`$,``P("`@("
> M`P("`@,#`P,$!@0$!`0$"`8&!08)"`H*"0@)"0H,#PP*"PX+"0D-$0T.#Q`0
> M$1`*#!(3$A`3#Q`0$/_;`$,!`P,#!`,$"`0$"!`+"0L0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0
> M$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$!`0$/_``!$(`>`"
>
> [...]
>
> M"XD.U5'F(,9Y'%-RYG=F:5M!MX[%1!)'O#`D8Z[L]ZR5C7[3!;$%)IY-H4MP
> MO.,FMU1-,T,@'F$-A\_>8_PBK&B^']9UGQ3I[6^FR`+,`TAZ#`S^/%:4X7=[
> '"ERI6;/_V0``
> `
> end
>
>
> To encode the image I use:
>
> /usr/bin/uuencode img.jpg img.jpg > attachment.txt
> cat hdr.txt body.txt attachment.txt > message.txt
> $SENDMAIL "-f" $4 "--" $2 <message.txt
>
>
> Anyone knows how to solve this?
> Thanks
>
I think uuencode is used mostly in Usenet, and normally not in email.
Software having an usenet client (like OE) understand uuencode, but it
is not normally required for an email client.
I have never seen uuencode in email myself. MIME attachments might work
better.
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