[Info-vax] OpenVMS 7.1 mail - attach file

[Joukj]

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?
> 
Have a look at MPACK. It can be used to mime encode/decode files which 
you can send/receive by VMS mail. Other mail programs recognize it as a 
normal attachment. Soem info can be found on my web-site:

http://nchrem.tnw.tudelft.nl/openvms/software2.html#MPACK

Unfortunatly I noticed that the link to the original web site for the 
source code is dead. I found a copy on github:

https://github.com/league/mpack

I will ceckout the github stuff later and update my website with my 
findings.


                       Jouk