Public bug reported:
This is working:
echo "test - you should see this in mail body!" | mail -s "mail without
attachment test" somebody@mail.domain
If I add an attachment the body is always empty:
echo "test - you should see this in mail body!" | mail --content-
filename="file.txt" --content-type="text/plain"
--attach="/path/to/file/file.txt" -s "mail attachment test"
somebody@mail.domain
I found an old bug for debian already reporting this but it should be fixed in
mailutils (1:3.5-3) unstable; urgency=medium
.
* Cherry-pick patch from upstream git to avoid discarding stdin when
mail is used to send email with attachments (closes: #918806).
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=918806
So this looks like a regression.
The workaround from the debian bug report above using command option
--mime is not working and still sending an empty mail body:
echo "test - you should see this in mail body!" | mail --mime --content-
filename="file.txt" --attach="/path/to/file/file.txt" -s "mail
attachment test" somebody@mail.domain
I recognized the bug in Ubuntu 20.04
mailutils 1:3.7-2.1
and in current Ubuntu 20.10 with
mailutils 1:3.9-3.2
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
Package: mailutils 1:3.7-2.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-56.62-generic 5.4.73
Uname: Linux 5.4.0-56-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
Date: Fri Jan 15 11:05:17 2021
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm-256color
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: mailutils
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-05-22 (237 days ago)
** Affects: mailutils (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal uec-images
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mail tool ignores body text from stdin if attachment is added
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