RE: how to send a fixed-format mail from unix

I've had the same problem before and changing to fixed-width font alone didn't fix it - I had to use the expand command to replace tabs with spaces AND use a fixed-width font.

Here is an example when I send the email with fixed-width, but no expand command:

DATABASE SID USERNAME OSUSER TYPE OBJECT_NAME LMODE SECONDS BLOCK

--------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ---- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
D517		  36 LREIMERS	  Lreimers     TX				       6	916	     0
D517		  36 LREIMERS	  Lreimers     TM   CT_ADDR_CODE		       2	916	     0

And, here is an example sent with *with* the expand command:

DATABASE         SID USERNAME     OSUSER       TYPE OBJECT_NAME                    LMODE    SECONDS      BLOCK
--------- ---------- ------------ ------------ ---- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
D500              36 LLEMPERT     llempert     TX                                      6         12          0
D500              36 LLEMPERT     llempert     TM   FRL_PERIOD_BAL                     3         12          0

Regards,
Brandon

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of bill thater Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 4:45 AM
To: sharmakdeep_oracle_at_yahoo.com
Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: how to send a fixed-format mail from unix

On 7/28/05, Deepak Sharma <sharmakdeep_oracle_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> I am trying to send the output of a sqlplus script
> from Unix (using mailx) to Lotus Notes addresses.
>
> The output looks formatted on Unix, but when opened in
> Lotus Notes, the formatting is no longer there.
>
> Any Tips?

get them to set the display in Notes to fixed format.;-)

this is a client issue and not a server issue, by default Notes [and Outlook and some others] display received email in flexable spaced fonts. changing the display to use a fixed font will solve the problem.

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