Re: [Nmh-workers] Sending Binary Attachments

[Bob Carragher]

Not sure if this is a possible heads-up or just me running an old
version of MH ("comp -version" returns "comp -- nmh-1.5 [compiled
on batsu at Sat Dec 1 11:08:10 UTC 2012]"), but I use a large
value for -maxunencoded in my $HOME/.mh_profile to prevent MH
from base64-encoding my (100% 7-bit text) messages when they
include long lines.  Specifically:

     mhbuild: -maxunencoded 9999

This has not been a problem for me until I used the "attach"
option suggested by this thread:  when I then used "send" I get:

     What now? s
     mhbuild: -maxunencoded unknown

If this has been fixed in version 1.6, then my apologies for
noting this.

Otherwise, is this a possible bug?

Thanks!

                                Bob

On Thu, 12 May 2016 14:57:35 -0500 "Martin McCormick" <address@hidden> sez:

> Ken Hornstein <address@hidden> writes:
> > The simplest way is to run the "attach" command at the
> > WhatNow? prompt.  This will choose a MIME type and create an
> > set of MIME parameters that will be appropriate 95% of the
> > time.
> >
> > But all that "attach" really does is add the Attach: header
> > to the message; other programs take care of the magic.  You
> > can also add the Attach header directly to your message.  The
> > arguments to the Attach header are a single filename.  You
> > can have multiple Attach: headers.  So really, think of the
> > "attach" command and the "Attach" header as doing the same
> > thing, because they do.
> >
> > The final way is to create mhbuild directives; see mhbuild(1)
> > for more detail.  This lets you specify the exact MIME
> > structure of a message.  This gives you a great amount of
> > control; the downside is you need to be relatively
> > knowledgable about MIME if you want to use this functionality
> > effectively.  Your question makes me think you probably don't
> > really want to use this; I only mention it for the sake of
> > completeness.
> >
> > So, in summary:  use the "attach" command at WhatNow?, or the
> > Attach: header if you want to do something a little more
> > intelligent (like Paul Fox's script).
>
> I'd like to thank everybody who provided an answer to this
> question.  As seldom as I need to send attachments, I was
> looking for the easiest way to do this.  Thanks for the help.
> 
> Martin McCormick
> 
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