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- metasend - Crude interface for sending non-text mail
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- mmmmeeeettttaaaasssseeeennnndddd [-b] [-c cc] [-e encoding] [-f filename] [-m
- MIME-type] [-s subject] [-S splitsize] [-t to] [-z] [-n]
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- The _m_e_t_a_s_e_n_d program will allow a user to send one or more
- pre-existing data file as non-text multimedia mail.
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- With no arguments, the program will ask the user for the To,
- Subject, and CC fields. It will then ask for the name of a
- MIME content-type. Next, it will ask the user for the name
- of an existing file containing that type of data. After
- this, it will ask what encoding type, if any, should be
- applied to this data. Finally, it will ask if the user
- wants to include information from an additional file, in
- which case the last three questions will be repeated for
- the next file.
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- Alternately, all of this information can be provided on the
- comand line, using the following options:
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- -t to -- specifies the To address
- -c cc -- specifies the CC address
- -e encoding -- specifies the encoding type. Must be
- either "base64", "quoted-printable", "7bit", or "x-uue".
- "7bit" means no encoding is performed.
- -f filename -- specifies the file containing the data
- -m MIME-type -- specifies the MIME content-type
- -s subject -- specifies the Subject field
- -S splitsize -- specifies the maximum size before
- splitting into parts via splitmail(1).
- -b -- specifies Batch (non-interactive) Mode. Will exit
- with an error message if -f, -m, -s, and -t are not also
- used.
- -z -- specifies that the temporary files should be
- deleted EVEN IF DELIVERY FAILS.
- -n -- specifies that an additional file is to be
- included. Before each use of the -n option on the command
- line, the options -m, -c, and -f, at a minimum, must have
- appeared,and must appear separately for each included file.
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- This is intended largely for mail hackers. A much
- friendlier interface to non-text mail is provided by
- mailto(1).
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- If more than one file is given, the parts will be combined
- into a single multipart MIME object.
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- The mail will be delivered using the splitmail(1) program,
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- so if it is very long it will arrive as several pieces which
- can be automatically reassembled by metamail. The
- definition of "very long" can be altered using the -S flag
- or the SPLITSIZE environment variable, as described in the
- splitmail(1) man page.
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- SSSSEEEEEEEE AAAALLLLSSSSOOOO
- audiosend(1), mailto-hebrew(1), mailto(1), metamail(1),
- mmencode(1), splitmail(1)
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- BBBBUUUUGGGGSSSS
- Should do a better job of choosing the encoding if you don't
- specify one.
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- Should do MIME syntax checking on user-supplied content-
- type fields. Users are all too likely to provide bogus MIME
- content-type values, alas. In particular, there are various
- characters that are not allowed in parameters unless the
- parameters are enclosed in double quotes, but this sort of
- restriction is hard to enforce in a shell script!
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- CCCCOOOOPPPPYYYYRRRRIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT
- Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc.
- (Bellcore)
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- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
- material for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
- provided that the above copyright notice and this permission
- notice appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore
- not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this
- material without the specific, prior written permission of
- an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO
- REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS
- MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
- ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
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- AAAAUUUUTTTTHHHHOOOORRRR
- Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
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