[Info-vax] OpenVMS 7.1 mail - attach file

[fredthebare at gmail.com]

On Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 10:20:04 PM UTC+10, Jan-Erik Söderholm wrote:
> Den 2019-07-09 kl. 09:06, skrev fredthebare at gmail.com:
> > 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?
> > 
> 
> 
> The absolute easiest is to run TCPIP$UUENCODE (or whatever it as called
> in that old TCPIP/UCX version) on the ZIP file and then just mail the
> plain UUE text file.
> 
> $ mc tcpip$uuencode file.zip file.uue
> $ mail/subj=file file.uue "smtp%""<mail-address>"""

Thanks - found UCX$UUENCODE and it did the trick; the joys of living in the 90s... :)

Thanks also for the other suggestions, but as the system is static and I can't install anything new on the VAX, all the interesting additional tools couldn't be used.