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Re: mutt -a not working on mac os x

On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 11:02:41PM -0400, Ian Downard wrote:
> I downloaded mutt via fink for my MacBook Pro (Intel platform), and
> I'm using mutt version 1.5.13.
> 
> Why doesn't the following command attach the file to my email?
> 
> echo "hello world" | mutt -s "Hello message" myemail@xxxxxxxxx -a
> ./file_attachment.txt
> 
> I'm getting the email, but without the attachment.

You may be getting the email, but something along the following lines
would be occurring on the server: 

        550 5.1.1 file_attachment.txt@xxxxxxxxxxxx User unknown
        550 5.1.1 -a@xxxxxxxxxxxx User unknown

Reading mutt(1) you'd see:

       mutt  [-nx]  [-e cmd] [-a file] [-F file] [-H file] [-i file] [-s
           subj] [-b addr] [-c addr] addr [...]

Thus, the correct command should have been:

        echo "hello world" | mutt -a ./file_attachment.txt -s 
        "Hello message" myemail@xxxxxxxxx

-- 
George

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George