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http://www.shelldorado.com/articles/mailattachments.html
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Sending e-mail using shell scripts
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File attachments with MIME
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  * mutt
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  * MetaMail: mailto, metasend ftp://ftp.research.telcordia.com/pub/nsb/)
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The most interesting command line arguments of metasend are listed in the
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following table [refer to metasend(1) for a complete list].
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-b	batch (non-interactive) mode
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-c cc	CC address (for copy of the mail)
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-f filename	Name of file to attach
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-m MIME-type	MIME content type, e.g. "text/plain" or "application/octet-stream"
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-s subject	Title (subject) of the mail message
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-t to	Recipient's address
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-n	Next file attachment (needed for multiple file attachments)
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-D description	Description of the file content
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-o outputfile	Name of an output file. If the -t option is given, the mail is sent directly to the addressee
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  * mpack ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/mpack/