Send a local file via email

$ echo "see attached file" | mail -a filename -s "subject" email@address

Or try this

$ cat filename | uuencode filename | mail -s "subject" user@example.com

$ mutt -a syslogs.tar.gz admin@domain.org < /dev/null

$ echo | mutt -a syslogs.tar.gz admin@domain.org

$ cat filename | mail -s "Email subject" user@example.com