[Info-vax] OpenVMS 7.1 mail - attach file

[Bob Koehler]

In article <1c79cadb-632d-4929-aa9a-a890d65e8c7a at googlegroups.com>, fredthebare at gmail.com writes:
> 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=20
> 
> 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 inc=
> ludes 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?
> 

   VMS mail doesn't know what an atachment is.  Using it, and similar
   systems, we would UUENCODE the file, mail it, and UUDECODE it on the
   other end.

   You should be able to find UUENCODE and UUDECODE on the 'net for VMS
   and most other platforms.