AIX: How do you send an attachment via mail
Article Number: 258 | Rating: Unrated | Last Updated: Mon, Jun 11, 2018 12:44 PM
Uuencode is the answer:
uuencode [source-file] [filename].b64 mail -v -s “subject” [email-address]
For example:
# uuencode /etc/motd motd.b64 mail -v -s “Message of the day” email@hostname.comI
use the .b64 extension which gets recognized by Winzip. When you received your email in Outlook, you will have an attachment, which can be opened by Winzip.
Posted - Mon, Jun 11, 2018 12:44 PM. This article has been viewed 3108 times.
Filed Under:
AIX
There are no attachments for this article.
There are no comments for this article. Be the first to post a comment.
Related Articles

AIX Oracle tuning
Viewed 227186 times since Tue, Jul 2, 2019
Using expect to automate mundane tasks
Viewed 2072 times since Mon, Jun 3, 2019
Installing a Interim Fix (APAR IV16587)
Viewed 3185 times since Tue, Jul 17, 2018
AIX Password expiry /etc/passwd
Viewed 19481 times since Wed, Jul 3, 2019
Topics: AIX, Networking, System Admin
Viewed 11754 times since Fri, Apr 19, 2019
R2dump debug tool
Viewed 2454 times since Tue, Sep 8, 2020