uuencode and compress

[Ambatim]

I am compressing a file using compress command and sending the compressed file as an attachment using mailx

compress file1
uuencode file1.Z file1.Z > mailfile
mailx -N -s "Some Subject" some@some.com < mailfile

This works fine when the size of the file1 is small. But it fails if the size of file1 is more than 20 MB.

Is there any restriction on uuencode or mailx, with regard to size ?
Is there any other way, to achieve this?

UNIX: IBM AIX Version 5
Mail Client: Lotus Notes 6.5




Thanks in advance
Mallik

 

[adimstec]

sometimes there is some restrictions on the network infrastructure.
Try to split the file by using the command split, this will create smallest files you could send.

Hope this help

 

[TrojanWarBlade]

Many service providers wont handle email attachments that large.
If you really need to transfer large files then why don't you look at another method of file transfer (like sftp maybe)?


Trojan.

 

[Annihilannic]

Remember also that uuencoded files take up 20% more space on your mail server...

Annihilannic.