(fedora) Re: sending ASCII file with mail command (Fedora : OK ; OpenSuse : problem)
Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen
joukj at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl
Tue Sep 25 14:49:00 UTC 2007
Mark Knoop wrote on 25-SEP-2007 16:00:17.13
>Jacob (=Jouk) Jansen wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I try to send an E-mail with the content of an ASCII file as the
>> body. I do this with the following command mail -s subj
>> joukj at hrem.nano.tudelft.nl < licinfo.txt
>>
>> When I give the command on a Fedora (several versions tested) the
>> E-mail is recieved with the expected text in the body. If I give the
>> command on an OpenSuse 10.2 system An E-mail which is unreadable is
>> recieved at the other end.
>
>1. Are you sure the file (licinfo.txt) is _exactly_ the same on both
>systems? (Try "file licinfo.txt" on both and compare the results.)
sure . I sftp'd the file from one system to the other
When "cat" the file it looks OK
>
>2. Are the locale settings the same on both systems?
Should be checked. However mail should be independent since you do not know
anything of the recieving system
>3. Define unreadable. What _exactly_ is wrong with the email?
Just a bunch of "random" characters.
>4. Perhaps the OpenSuse list would be a better place for this?
Agreed. Note that I posted it there and send an CC to the Fedora list.
Guess, who answers first and wgy I love Fedora so much and do not like my
university forcing Opensuse on me.
Jouk
Bush : All votes are equal but some votes are more equal than others.
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