mail attachment problem

amjadask · 02-26-2011, 12:13 AM

hi all
am unable to forward a mail with attachment my problem is as below
cat /root/data|mail -s "subject" abc@gmail.com
its not forwarding mail and not throwing any error
my attached file is more than 100MB ,will any one suggest me with correct syntax
how much length of file can be attached maximum suggest me
thanks alot
i also tried like this
mail -s "subject" abc@gmail.com < /root/data
its also not working

repo · 02-26-2011, 03:43 AM

Is /root/data a file?

try

Code:

mail -a /root/data -s "subject" abc@gmail.com < /dev/null

Look in your logfiles for errors

Kind regards

Noway2 · 02-26-2011, 06:11 AM

Quote:

attached file is more than 100MB

This may or may not be the problem that is causing your immediate error, but you won't be able to get this file to go very far in an email. Almost all email systems are set up with a size limit, typically 10 MB.

Use the 'split' command to split the file into smaller pieces. Send each of them as separate emails and then join them together with the 'cat' command.