Sendmail and attaching images

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I'm encountering a problem when using sendmail to include an image attachment. I have sendmail set up so that it works. When I have a plot, I can send it by typing the following in the command window
print(gcf,'-dpng','-r0','bargraph.png')
sendmail('fishbacp@mail.gvsu.edu','Bargraph from script attached','bargraph.png')
However, when I try to include the above lines within a script, the actual image is not attached. Instead, I receive the email but it merely has "bargraph.png" appearing as the message body.

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Paul Fishback
Paul Fishback on 23 Apr 2018
Thank you so much. Am I correct that your code prompts the use to specify the attachment directory, as described below the line
%------------ Attach file ----------
I'm curious to know if there's a simpler way to do this so that I can let a script run for several hours (or couple of days) and then return to find that the image attachment has automatically been sent to my inbox.
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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 15 Dec 2021
@Patrick Callahan, not sure what "hoes mad" means. My hoes at least are perfectly happy hanging up in my garage, they're not mad at all. I'm not sure about your hoes.

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Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 23 Apr 2018
See attached demo. Make the trivial, obvious changes and it should work.

Deena Dayalan
Deena Dayalan on 7 Feb 2019
Edited: Image Analyst on 7 Feb 2019
Try this code
% Set up the preferences
setpref('Internet','SMTP_Server','smtp.gmail.com');
setpref('Internet','E_mail','urmailid@gmail.com'); %sender mail id
setpref('Internet','SMTP_Username','urmailid@gmail.com'); %sender mail id
setpref('Internet','SMTP_Password','urpassword'); %sender password
% The following is necessary only if you are using GMail
props = java.lang.System.getProperties;
props.setProperty('mail.smtp.auth','true');
props.setProperty('mail.smtp.starttls.enable','true');
%props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.class', 'javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory');
%props.setProperty('mail.smtp.socketFactory.port','465');
%------------ Attach file ---------------------------------------------------
% Have user browse and specify the full file name of the file to attach.
% startingFolder = pwd;
startingFolder = 'C:\Users\Public\Documents'; % Wherever you want.
defaultFileName = fullfile(startingFolder, '*.*');
% Let user browse to attach a file.
[baseFileName, folder] = uigetfile(defaultFileName, 'Select a file to attach to the e-mail.');
if baseFileName == 0
% User clicked the Cancel button.
return;
end
attachedFullFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName); % Combine folder and base name into full file name.
sendmail('receivermailid@gmail.com','matlab mail','hello matlab',attachedFullFileName);

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