I'm trying to send an email from my machine that includes a small table (2 rows and 4 columns). I'm currently using the command 'column -t file.txt | sendmail', but the formatting gets messed up in the email I receive. I heard that mailx might help, and I tried sending HTML files, but I just end up with the raw HTML in the email. Can someone help me out here?
3 Answers
Make sure your table looks correct on your sending computer. If you’re using hard tabs for formatting, different email clients might interpret them differently. Switching to soft tabs (using spaces) can help maintain consistent formatting.
Instead of using HTML, it might be better to create a clean text file using a good text editor. Stick to plain text for emails; terminals generally display them in a monospaced font which helps with tabular data.
It sounds like you might need to adjust the email headers to let the recipient know it's HTML content. If you just send HTML without specifying the content type, it appears as plain text. Try modifying the headers accordingly when using mailx.
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