Re: [Nmh-workers] Attaching a zip file

[Paul Fox]

 > > To attach a compressed tar file, say, /tmp/foobar.tgz, to an Email, I do
 > > something like:
 > > 
 > > #application/octet-stream; \
 > > type=tar; x-conversion=gzip; \
 > > name=foobar.tgz  /tmp/foobar.tgz
 > > 
 > > Could somebody take pity on an old man and tell me what I would do to 
 > > attach 
 > > a zip file, say. /tmp/foobar.zip, to an Email?
 > 
 > I'd just do
 > 
 > #application/zip; name="foobar.zip" /tmp/foobar.zip

i'll attach a script i use for forwarding attachments.  it
handles the common binary types i use, plain files, and mail
messages, based on interpreting its arguments.  it produces the
mhbuild input text necessary to do the forwarding on its stdout --
so, when composing mail in vi, i can type something like:

    :r !forward foobar.zip

or even 

    !!forward foobar.zip

for files, or 

    !!forward cur-last

to forward messages.

it's far from perfect, i'm sure, but it saves me trying to remember how
to compose mhbuild lines by hand.

paul
=---------------------
 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 37.9 degrees)

forward
Description: -