I want to write a script that
Code: [Select]-ASK the user which files they want to sent (files not needed to be in the same directore
-tar all the files together
-Gzip the tarfile
-Uuencode the gsipped file (so more email programs can use it)
-ask user who to send email to, possibly more than one person
-I want it to be clear and easy to use and display what it is doing while an action is taken place.

I have no clue where to BEGIN. I think perl would be the best option, but I am not sure, how would I make this able to run with am email program and I am unaware how to tar and gzip files or Uuencode the gsipped files.

Can SOMEONE help me get my feet wet so I can make this program? I have no clue where to begin.
you have some hints hereWhere to start?
Why not start with a HTML document.
If this is a program for general use, and it email is what it is about, then it would make sense to does do in in a document based on HTML. Not that I am a fan of HTML. No, I mean you would have a portable application that can be used on the web or an almost any PC.
Some of the new web design tools will do the actual code for you. You just choose a deign an style.
Or, just find a free program somebody has already made.

This script will be used in UNIXSorry, I was thinking you just wanted to automate e-mail on you local machine in Windows.

Is this for a Unix server?
Does the machine already work as a SMIP serverver?
In Fedora, TRY a program called 'Nail' which I know nothing about.
You said where to start?
Well, the Ubuntu forum is a go starting point.
Here is a article about doing it in BASH.

How to send email using bash

You will have to read through it an find the problems others have had. This is at least a go start, SEEING what others try.