[GRLUG] Forwarding email files from maildir
Grand Rapids Linux Users Group
grlug at grlug.org
Mon May 18 09:22:21 EDT 2020
On Mon, 18 May 2020, Grand Rapids Linux Users Group wrote:
> To clarify how you'd do that:
>
> for x in /path/to/files/*; do
> (
> echo "HELO localhost"
> echo "MAIL FROM: <sender at address>"
> echo "RCPT TO: <recipient at address>"
> echo "DATA"
> cat ${x}
> echo ""
> echo "."
> ) | sendmail -B
> done
>
Unfortunately, that is not really a good solution, as it sends the entire
raw message, including headers (typically at least twice as big as the
content), and, if the source was Outlook, a couple orders of magnitude of
encoded text.
TFTR!
Lee
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