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diff --git a/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi b/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi index 999dc50cb..b4c68a100 100644 --- a/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi +++ b/doc/texinfo/programs/mail.texi @@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@ the old contents of your message. @subsection Composing Multipart Messages Multipart messages (or MIME, for short) can be used to send text in -character set other than ASCII, attach non-text files, send multiple +character sets other than ASCII, attach non-text files, send multiple parts in alternative formats, etc. Technically speaking, the boolean variable @code{mime} @@ -1516,7 +1516,22 @@ $ mail --content-type=text/html --attach=in.html \ --content-type=application/x-tar --attach=archive.tar @end example -Similarly, the encoding to use is set up by the @option{--encoding} +To change the content type of the message body when sending a message +with attachments, use the trailing @option{--content-type} option, +i.e. the option not followed by another @option{--attach} option: + +@example +$ mail --content-type=text/html --attach=in.html \ + --content-type=application/x-tar --attach=archive.tar \ + --content-type=text/plain +@end example + +@nointent +This example adds two attachments with different content types and +switched back to the @samp{text/plain} content type for the message +body. + +The encoding to use is set up by the @option{--encoding} option. As well as @option{--content-type}, this option affects all attachments supplied after it in the command line as well as the message body read from the standard input, until changed by @@ -1530,6 +1545,9 @@ $ mail --content-type=text/html --encoding=quoted-printable \ --attach=archive.tar @end example +A trailing @option{--encoding} option sets the encoding of the message +body. + Each attachment can also be assigned a @dfn{description} and a @dfn{file name}. Normally, these are the same as the file name supplied with the @option{--attach} option. However, you can change |