MIMESEND(1)

✨ MIMESEND ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to mimesend — she sends files via MIME mail, straight from the command line 💌 no GUI, no drama, just vibes and attachments. this is part of the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and honestly? she ate.

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🌸 USAGE 🌸

it's pretty basic, fr fr:

mimesend [-n] [-t to] [-s subj] (-f file [-m type])+
    -n        Don't actually send it; just print it to stdout.
    -t to     The "to" address.
    -s subj   The subject of the message.
    -f file   Path to attached file, or - for STDIN.
    -m type   MIME type of previous -f; therefore -m must follow -f.

let me break that down for you, one flag at a time 💅

• -n — the "not me actually sending this" flag 🫣 she does not send anything, she just prints it to stdout so you can peek at it first. test-run energy, iconic.
• -t to — who you're sending it to, the to address, your little recipient 🎀
• -s subj — the subject line of the message, aka the text that makes people actually open it 👑
• -f file — the path to the file you're attaching. OR, plot twist, - for STDIN 😭
• -m type — the MIME type of the previous -f. so -m has to come after -f, no cap. it literally says so: "therefore -m must follow -f." don't fight the order, she's strict about it 🦋

for example ✨:

mimesend -t you@yourhost.com -s "Hello, nurse!"
      -f greetings.htm -f foo.gif

see how she stacked two -f files in there? greetings.htm and foo.gif, both attached, both slaying 🌈

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💖 AUTHOR 💖

Eryq, eryq@zeegee.com

8 Jan 1997 — yes she's been here since the 90s and she's still that girl ⭐

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 shoutout to perl v5.42.0, dated 2026-02-11 — that's the version and date riding along at the bottom of the original, and I'm folding them in right here because they deserve their moment 🫶 go attach something cute 🎀✨