Attempting to set my name as the test case, I found that I could not reproduce it with package bsd-mailx 8.1.2-0.20100314cvs-1 (Natty, current development version).
Therefore, It seems to have been resolved - however not sure when. ** Changed in: mailx (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/27121 Title: The 'mail' command is not encoding the user name correctly -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs