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SENDFILES(1)					     SENDFILES(1)

NAME
       sendfiles - send multiple files via a MIME message

SYNOPSIS
       sendfiles [delay] mailpath subject file1 [file2]...

DESCRIPTION
       The  shell  script sendfiles, is used to send a collection
       of files and directories via electronic mail.

	    sendfiles mailpath "subject" files ...

       sendfiles will archive the files and directories you  name
       with  the  tar (1)  command,  and then mail the compressed
       archive to the `mailpath' with the given	 `subject'.   The
       archive	will  be automatically split up into as many mes-
       sages as necessary in order to get past most mailers.

       Sometimes you want sendfiles to pause after posting a par-
       tial  message.  This is usually the case when you are run-
       ning sendmail and expect to generate a lot of partial mes-
       sages.	If  the	 first argument given to sendfiles starts
       with a dash, then it is interpreted as the number of  sec-
       onds to pause in between postings, e.g.,

	    sendfiles -30 mailpath "subject" files ...

       will pause 30 seconds in between each posting.

   Extracting the Received Files
       When  these messages are received, invoke mhstore once for
       the list of messages.  The default is for mhstore to store
       the combined parts as a new message in the current folder,
       although this can  be  changed  using  storage  formatting
       strings.	  You  can  then  use  mhlist  to find out what's
       inside; possibly followed by mhstore again  to  write  the
       archive	to  a  file where you can subsequently uncompress
       and untar it.  For instance:

	    % mhlist 5-8
	     msg part  type/subtype		size description
	       5       message/partial		 47K part 1 of 4
	       6       message/partial		 47K part 2 of 4
	       7       message/partial		 47K part 3 of 4
	       8       message/partial		 18K part 4 of 4
	    % mhstore 5-8
	    reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
	    % mhlist -verbose 9
	     msg part  type/subtype		size description
	       9       application/octet-stream 118K
			 (extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
			 type=tar

[nmh-1.0.4]		      MH.6.8				1

SENDFILES(1)					     SENDFILES(1)

			 conversions=compress
	    % mhstore 9
	    % uncompress < 9.tar.Z | tar xvpf -

       Alternately, by using the  `-auto'  switch,  mhstore  will
       automatically do the extraction for you:

	    % mhlist 5-8
	     msg part  type/subtype		size description
	       5       message/partial		 47K part 1 of 4
	       6       message/partial		 47K part 2 of 4
	       7       message/partial		 47K part 3 of 4
	       8       message/partial		 18K part 4 of 4
	    % mhstore 5-8
	    reassembling partials 5,6,7,8 to folder inbox as message 9
	    % mhlist -verbose 9
	     msg part  type/subtype		size description
	       9       application/octet-stream 118K
			 (extract with uncompress | tar xvpf -)
			 type=tar
			 conversions=compress
	    % mhstore -auto 9
	    -- tar listing appears here as files are extracted

       As  the	second	tar  listing  is generated, the files are
       extracted.  A prudent user will never put `-auto'  in  the
       .mh_profile  file.   The correct procedure is to first use
       mhlist to find out what will be extracted.   Then  mhstore
       can be invoked with `-auto' to perform the extraction.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile		    The user profile

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path:		    To determine the user's nmh directory
       Current-Folder:	    To find the default current folder

SEE ALSO
       mhbuild(1), mhlist(1), mhshow(1), mhstore(1)
       RFC-934:
	  Proposed Standard for Message Encapsulation,
       RFC-2045:
	  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One:
	  Format of Internet Message Bodies,
       RFC-2046:
	  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two:
	  Media Types,
       RFC-2047:
	  Multipurpose	 Internet  Mail	 Extensions  (MIME)  Part
       Three:
	  Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text,
       RFC-2048:
	  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four:
	  Registration Procedures,

[nmh-1.0.4]		      MH.6.8				2

SENDFILES(1)					     SENDFILES(1)

       RFC-2049:
	  Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Five:
	  Conformance Criteria and Examples.

DEFAULTS
       `-noverbose'

CONTEXT
       None.

[nmh-1.0.4]		      MH.6.8				3

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