MHN (1)

SYNOPSIS

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sendfiles \%[delay] mailpath subject file1 \%[file2]... -.5i

DESCRIPTION

The shell script sendfiles, is used to send a collection of files and directories via electronic mail. +.5i /usr/lib/nmh/sendfiles mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0... -.5i sendfiles will archive the files and directories you name with the tar\0(1) command, and then mail the compressed archive to the `mailpath' with the given `subject'. The archive will be automatically split up into as many messages as necessary in order to get past most mailers.

Sometimes you want sendfiles to pause after posting a partial message. This is usually the case when you are running sendmail and expect to generate a lot of partial messages. If the first argument given to sendfiles starts with a dash, then it is interpreted as the number of seconds to pause in between postings, 6 e.g., +.5i /usr/lib/nmh/sendfiles -30 mailpath \*(lqsubject\*(rq files\0... -.5i will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.

"Extracting the Received Files" When these messages are received, invoke mhn once, with the list of messages, and the `-store' command. The default is for mhn to store the combined parts as a new message in the current folder, although this can be changed using storage formatting strings. You can then use `-show' to find out what's inside; possibly followed by `-store' to write the archive to a file where you can subsequently uncompress and untar it. For instance:

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% mhn -list 5-8
 msg part  type/subtype             size description
   5       message/partial           47K part 1 of 4
   6       message/partial           47K part 2 of 4
   7       message/partial           47K part 3 of 4
   8       message/partial           18K part 4 of 4
% mhn -store 5-8
reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
% mhn -list -verbose 9
 msg part  type/subtype             size description
   9       application/octet-stream 118K
             (extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
             type=tar
             conversions=compress
% mhn -store 9
% uncompress < 9.tar.Z | tar xvpf -
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Alternately, by using the `-auto' switch, mhn will automatically do the extraction for you:

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% mhn -list 5-8
 msg part  type/subtype             size description
   5       message/partial           47K part 1 of 4
   6       message/partial           47K part 2 of 4
   7       message/partial           47K part 3 of 4
   8       message/partial           18K part 4 of 4
% mhn -store 5-8
reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
% mhn -list -verbose 9
 msg part  type/subtype             size description
   9       application/octet-stream 118K
             (extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
             type=tar
             conversions=compress
% mhn -store -auto 9
-- tar listing appears here as files are extracted
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As the second tar listing is generated, the files are extracted. A prudent user will never put `-auto' in the .mh\(ruprofile file. The correct procedure is to first use `-show', to find out what will be extracted. Then mhn can be invoked with `-store' and `-auto' to perform the extraction. ^$HOME/.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile ^Path:~^To determine the user's nmh directory ^Current-Folder:~^To find the default current folder mhn(1), mhbuild(1) RFC-934: Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation, RFC-2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies, RFC-2046: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types, RFC-2047: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text, RFC-2048: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures, RFC-2049: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples. `-noverbose' None.

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