using "-i" to include file in body mutt exits if mail file not saved again in editor

[Brian Murray]

Binary package hint: mutt

I was using the following command line:

mutt -s "hello" -i somefile.txt <email address hidden>

to send myself an email. My text editor then launches and if I exit the editor without modifying the email mutt drops right back to the shell without sending the email.

mutt:
  Installed: 1.5.20-9ubuntu2
  Candidate: 1.5.20-9ubuntu2

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Package: mutt 1.5.20-9ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
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 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
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Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic x86_64
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Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fee5e196cb921cbd36888f428b38b488
CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: mutt 1.5.20-9ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
Tags: natty
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip family floppy fuse libvirtd lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access sambashare sbuild scanner video

---
Architecture: amd64
CheckboxSubmission: fee5e196cb921cbd36888f428b38b488
CheckboxSystem: 2a6f54df59af338184485e85cbcf0d32
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: mutt 1.5.20-9ubuntu2
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/zsh
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
Tags: natty
Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic x86_64
UserGroups: adm admin audio cdrom dialout dip family floppy fuse libvirtd lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access sambashare sbuild scanner video

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Confirmed on Natty 1.5.20-9ubuntu2.

[C de-Avillez (hggdh2)]

Raising importance to Medium -- potential data loss can happen on automation

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

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[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

According to upstream this due to the fact that the file was not modified and mutt looks at the mtime of the file to determine whether or not to send it. Additionally it was marked as Won't Fix in Debian.