Re: limiting email sizes when sending files

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:18:35 +0200, lee wrote:

> Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> On Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:09:20 +0200, lee wrote:
>>
>>> what's there in Debian to mail files in parts with each part limited
>>> to a given maximum size?  I need a commandline tool to do this ---
>>> metamail doesn't seem to exist anymore.
>>
>> I use a custom script for that task that basically uses "split" (to cut
>> the attachment in small chunks at the desired size) and "mutt" (to send
>> it to the recipient).
> 
> Yeah, that's what I thought of doing if there isn't a better option. How
> do you handle the mime stuff in your script so that the recipient can
> extract the file from the many messages easily?

That's up to the recipient and his MUA >:-)

I know there is at least one add-on for Thunderbird (AttachmentExtractor) 
to mass-extract attachments for the selected messages, though.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón