Easiest way to email a file from the command line

[Warpnow]

I want to write a script which when ran tars up a directory and emails it to an email address, then promptly deletes the file to preserve space.

I know how to do the rest but what's the best way to email a file from the command line?

[lovinglinux]

Use sendEmail.

Install:

sudo apt-get install sendemail

Usage:

sendEmail -f username@foo.com -t destination@foo.com -u "The Subject" -m "The message" -a /home/user/the_attachment.zip -s smtp.foo.com:25 -xu username -xp password