jeremy <jeremy0505@gmail.com> writes:

> Sorry guys if this is the wrong ng for this post - wasn't sure where
> it should go so thought I'd try here first.
>
> The following is the content (less a chunk of the encoded attachment)
> of a file on the o/s (Solaris 9) called e-mail.txt.
>
> The following command is being executed:
>
>  /usr/lib/sendmail -t -f replies@domain.com < email.txt
>
> In my e-mail client (Outlook) I see a well-formed e-mail message and
> an attachment. If I send to another user (a customer) they see the
> encoded content in-line with no atachment (using the same client).
>
> What I would like to do is to understand if there is something in the
> structure of the file email.txt which is wrong but may be tolerated by
> some e-mail clients but not by others? The customer is running the
> same Outlook client but with some add-ins that we don't have. It is
> only one customer (though multiple users within that customer) who
> experience this behaviour. Which actually suggests to me that their
> mail server might not like the structure of the email?
>
> Really grateful for any suggestions as this has me really stumped.
>
>
> -- email.txt content starts line below ---
> To: jeremy@abcdef.xyz
> Subject: Attached files
> From: jeremy@abcdef.xyz
> Cc: jeremy@abcdef.xyz
>
> Please see attached
>
> begin 644 cv_Jim60_Jim60.doc
> MT,\1X*&Q&N$                     /@ # /[_"0 &               !
> [...]
> E
>
> end
> -- email.txt content ends line above ---

Have you tried to use MIME instead of uuencode?
[ initially for this recipient only ]

I would suggest (initially?) to use MIME::Lite PERL module from CPAN for
generating MIME messages with attachments.

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