Problem on sending attachment

satimis · 03-06-2012, 11:41 AM

Hi all,

I'm following;
Postfix Virtual MailBox Clam Smtp Howto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Po...tual_mailboxes

building a mail server.

Coming to;
Test ClamSMTP for outgoing mail
Send this file as an attachment to info@domain1.com
(it is a virus .zip file)

$ uuencode eicar_com.zip | mail info@domain1.com
It was hanging there for prolonged time. I have to cancel it manually.

$ mutt -s "Test mail" -a eicar_com.zip info@domain1.com < /tmp/mailmessage.txt

Code:

Can't stat info@domain1.com: No such file or directory
info@domain1.com: unable to attach file.

Any clue? TIA

B.R.
satimis

Slackyman · 03-06-2012, 12:41 PM

Code:

mutt -s "Test mail" -a eicar_com.zip -- info@domain1.com < /tmp/mailmessage.txt

The problem it's not the eicar test virus, it's the -a option: mutt thinks that info@domain1.com it's another file to attach, so you have to separate address with double dash.

satimis · 03-06-2012, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slackyman

Code:

mutt -s "Test mail" -a eicar_com.zip -- info@domain1.com < /tmp/mailmessage.txt

The problem it's not the eicar test virus, it's the -a option: mutt thinks that info@domain1.com it's another file to attach, so you have to separate address with double dash.

Hi,

Thanks for your advice. It works here.

B.R.
satimis