Hello Jose, > echo "As per test ..." |mutt -a [filename] -s "Subject test" whsea it works for me, but with CVS HEAD maybe there were some changes during the last three releases: echo 'Simple test' | work/mutt/mutt-tg/mutt -a /etc/motd -s "Hello Subject" testy from my ~/.mutt/.muttrc: set alias_file=~/.mutt/alias and from my ~/.mutt/alias: alias testy Thomas Glanzmann <sithglan@xxxxxx> Cool line you provided there. I have to add this to my how file. :-) Thomas