What Harris gave with mailx is probably what I'm looking for, just that I can't get the syntax right with -a (or even if I leave out the -a option) : # mailx -s "test" -a /tmp/tst.tar.gz -S "smtp=172.20.1.92" recipient@xxxxxxx < /tmp/cis/group.tmp Or (without the -u ) # mailx -s "test" -a /tmp/tst.tar.gz -u whitelistid@xxxxxxx -S "smtp=172.20.1.92" recipient@xxxxxxx < /tmp/cis/group.tmp mailx: invalid option -- a Usage: mail [-iInv] [-s subject] [-c cc-addr] [-b bcc-addr] to-addr ... [-- sendmail-options ...] mail [-iInNv] -f [name] mail [-iInNv] [-u user] What did I miss? I've tried with uuencode (referring to some examples on the Net) too but no joy SH -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list