Hi there,

i have a problem and don't know if it is really a bug, but i hope at least you 
could help me find a solution.

There is a working bash script on debian 9 which sends an email using this 
command:
echo "Content" | mail -s "Subject" -A $PATH_TO_ATTACHMENT 
-aFrom:Servername\<[email protected]\> [email protected]

The mail is working as expected and the content is used as the mailbody.
The same command works different on debian 10. There is the content not used as 
the mailbody but attached as the file ATT00001.txt
If i don't use the option -A the content is used as the mailbody again.
It doesn't matter if the command is used in a bash script or in the console.
It doesn't matter either in wich form i put in the content, the same problem is 
it with this command:
mail -s "Subject" -A $PATH_TO_ATTACHMENT 
-aFrom:Servername\<[email protected]\> [email protected] < 
Content.txt

I looked up the manpage and the new options but couldn't find a solution for my 
problem.

Could you tell me, what i do wrong or how to solve my problem?

Best regards
Jan Kersten

Hochschule Hannover
Fakultät IV
Abteilung Informatik
Campus Linden - Gebäude H
Raum 1H.2.04A

Ricklinger Stadtweg 120
30459 Hannover

Tel.: +49 (0)511 9296-1837
e-Mail: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>


Some additional infos:

On debian 9:
# cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 9 \n \l

# dpkg -l | grep mailutils
ii  libmailutils5:amd64                          1:3.1.1-1                      
   amd64        GNU Mail abstraction library
ii  mailutils                                    1:3.1.1-1                      
   amd64        GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
ii  mailutils-common                             1:3.1.1-1                      
   all          Common files for GNU mailutils


On debian 10:
# cat /etc/issue
Debian GNU/Linux 10 \n \l

# dpkg -l | grep mailutils
ii  libmailutils5:amd64                          1:3.5-3                     
amd64        GNU Mail abstraction library
ii  mailutils                                    1:3.5-3                     
amd64        GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
ii  mailutils-common                             1:3.5-3                     
all          Common files for GNU mailutils

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