GNU Mailutils attach file

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Is it possible to attach a file to an email from the CLi using mail?

I am having trouble finding this feature on the manpage.

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The best way to do this is generally to use mutt instead:

$ mutt -s "test subject" -a test.jpg user@example.com < test.txt

mutt is available on most unix-like platforms these days and usually comes installed in the base OS.

Your other option is to uuencode the file and send it through mail:

    $ uuencode test.jpg test.jpg | mail user@example.com

as explained here.

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I use esmtp, which is a send-only MTA, for that purpose. It is very simple to set up. It has sendmail-compatible command-line options (some ignored). It's in the repositories.

Here is a simple example:

echo -e "To: Recipient Name <person@example.com>\n\
    From: Me Myself and I <me@gmail.com>\n\
    Subject: Here is the example I promised\n\n\
    $(<somefile)" | /usr/bin/esmtp -t

This sends the contents of the file named "somefile".

There is a very simple configuration file, /etc/esmtprc, that contains the hostname, username and password for your upstream email provider (I'm assuming yours is gmail).

Instructions for setting it up for Gmail are here.

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It sounds like you've got different versions of php.ini located under /etc/php5/

debian:/etc/php5# find . | grep php.ini
./cli/php.ini
./apache2/php.ini

Check the [mail function] directive

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