[Info-vax] OpenVMS 7.1 mail - attach file

[Simon Clubley]

On 2019-07-09, fredthebare at gmail.com <fredthebare at gmail.com> wrote:
> Trying to use a VAX running OpenVMS v7.1
>
> UCX reports:
>
>  DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS VAX Version V4.2
>   on a VAX 4000-106A running OpenVMS V7.1 
>
> The system is static, can't be upgraded or altered - long story.
>
> Trying to mail myself a zip file, or any file for that matter, and mail includes the content as inline text, not as an attached file.  Mail help doesn't have much for a version this old, are there any special spells that will cause a file to be sent as an attachment?
>

MCR MIME only became usable/available from V5 IIRC, but wasn't
there also another tool (SFF maybe) ? When did that become available ?

Simon.

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