Im trying to write a script that will email a zip file to certain users. An old friend has a similar script but is not working with me.

Here's the part that emails the file.

zip -j -P creditsmphi $y.zip $y > /dev/null
echo -e '~*\n0\n/$WORKDIR/bdo-converted/$y.zip\n~.'| \
mailto htm@smprime.intranet -s "From $EMAIL $DATE" > /dev/null

By the way, I do get the email but without attachment.

Hope you could help. Thanks.

Mail command will not send attachment use mutt command, read man page or see how to Send mail with attachment http://www.cyberciti.biz/nixcraft/vi...ttachment.html

Is Mutt available for RedHat Linux?

Yup mutt is available for REDHAT as well as for all UNIX like os. Just use rpm command to install it or if you are on RHEL use up2date -i package-name command

Thank you for the input. It'll be of great help.

Another thing, do you know of a tool or a way for me to specify the email address of the sender? So that the recipient can just click on reply and the email add is already there.

To illustrate: our system generates files x, y and z on a periodic basis. file x is for branch1, file y is for branch 2, and file z for branch3. these files are to be emailed to the bank. ideally the bank should give some sort of a receipt to the three branches (with diff email addresses).

Presently, it is the root that send these files. So that when the bank replies.. it goes to the root mail account. what i want is for the "FROM" to refelct the individual email ads of these branches. It's like spoofing...

Hope you could provide an input on these. Thanks again.

After you install mutt do a goole for mutt.rc. You should find plenty of info on setting all sorts of prams for mutt.
This would be a good place to start: http://www.rohrbach.de/files/rc/.muttrc

I downloaded mutt-1.4.1-5.i386.rpm.
When i was trying to install it in my server, the ff message appeared:

[root@db1 htm]# rpm -i mutt-1.4.1-5.i386.rpm
error: failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) is needed by mutt-1.4.1-5
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3.3) is needed by mutt-1.4.1-5
libcrypto.so.4 is needed by mutt-1.4.1-5
libncursesw.so.5 is needed by mutt-1.4.1-5
libssl.so.4 is needed by mutt-1.4.1-5

So I tried to look for the rpms needed. Unfortuantely, I cannot find one for RedHat 2.4.1
Is it OK to install the above rpms from higher linux version like 7, 8 or 9?
Please help.

You are using too old version of RH Linux distro it is better to get new version. Else Use CD that comes with your distro.

Can mutt spoof email address?
Please see my earlier post regarding my need.
Thanks.

The answer to your question is in the link I posted about the muttrc file. Yes it can display any email address you want it to.