Howto mail a file using a command line

[nemesiox]

I've written a simple script to tar a few files everyday. Now I need to to know how to mail it automatically to my e-mail addy.

thanks...

[f'lar]

hehe: the fun way:
telnet <your mail server here> 25
HELO <name of your local dns server here>
MAIL FROM: <whoever you want the mail to be from. go on pick somebody>
RCPT TO: <destination address>
DATA
<your message here. okay you have to type it all out VERY carefully. so what, it's fun. put a . on a line by itself to quit>
QUIT

:D

[ 01 March 2001: Message edited by: f'lar ]

[Strike]

f'lar, that's not a real easy way to attach stuff...

I forget how, but there is a way to do it with mail

[nemesiox]

Well I figure it out... I couldn't do it using mail so I used mutt..

I wanted to e-mail the content of foo.doc with foo.tar.gz file attach to it.

$ cat foo.doc | mutt -s 'foo' -a foo.tar.gz -b anyone@any.com

read man mutt for more info...

thanks....