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This seems like a basic question and there are variations of it. I have a ONE-COLUMN html file (let us call it status.html).

I would like to send this file which has a few images as the BODY of an email. I would like to do this using the Linux command line, but I am unsure of how to proceed. I do not know how the images will get gobbled up and formatted accordingly (i.e. are the base64 or attachments).

The key part is that I want the images in the HTML file to be in the body of the email ...

Is the a way or a Linux tool that does just this?

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    echo "and have a good day" | mutt [email protected] -m "the page" -a file.html img*.jpg? Commented Apr 29, 2015 at 16:30
  • Thanks JJoao - I do not think this is the answer I am looking for. A HTML file would naturally include images (with the IMG tag). I am not interested in separately processing the images. I am though, would be interested in a tool that handles this, otherwise I may have to write my own tool (and base64 any images). Commented Apr 29, 2015 at 17:01
  • JJoao's suggestion using the Mutt mailclient is correct. Also, please clarify what you mean with "one-column HTML file". A HTML file is a text file and does not contain images; it merely references them via IMG tags. So if you are looking for a solution where you send a single HTML file and it contains images, this won't happen. Commented Apr 30, 2015 at 7:18
  • You are correct "-a" Attach a file to your message using MIME. When attaching single or multiple files, separating filenames and recipient addresses with "--" is mandatory, e.g. mutt -a image.jpg -- addr1 or mutt -a img.jpg *.png -- addr1 addr2. The -a option must be placed at the end of command line options. Commented May 5, 2015 at 20:17

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"-a" Attach a file to your message using MIME. When attaching single or multiple files, separating filenames and recipient addresses with "--" is mandatory, e.g. 

mutt -a image.jpg -- addr1 or mutt -a img.jpg *.png -- addr1 addr2.

The -a option must be placed at the end of command line options. –

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