> Hello,
>  I ogt a script that sends me database backups, compressed and
> encrypted and VERY small ( 500kb- 1MB, incremental backups ) to my
> google account for safekeeping/ me downloading them, etc - The script
> runs on a UNIX machine and sends the mail as UUENCODED file ( the
> precise command is :
> (echo some message for myself that I am not revealing here ;\
>  uuencode /var/backups/db.$date db_$date.sql.bz2 )  | mail -s  Backup
> [email address]

> The mails do arrive, however the attachment is just raw uuencode text.
> Can google somehow display them as files or do I need to use MIME( I
> had rather not, for  simplicitys sake)

> Julian