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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from email.message import EmailMessage
+import sys
+
+if sys.argv[1] == "--help" or sys.argv[1] == "-h" or sys.argv[1] == "":
+    print("""
+This is just a hacked together python script from stackoverflow that can be used to add a proper
+MIME header for file attachments to a mail. Pipe the outpit to sendmail -oi -t to send.
+
+usage:
+mail-script "from@email.com" "to@email.com" "subject" /file/to/append < /body/of/mail | sendmail -oi -t
+""")
+    exit(0)
+
+msg = EmailMessage()
+msg['From'] = sys.argv[1]
+msg['To'] = sys.argv[2]
+msg['Subject'] = sys.argv[3]
+# Don't mess with the preamble, the documentation is wrong to suggest you do
+
+msg.set_content(''.join([line for line in sys.stdin]))
+
+with open(sys.argv[4], 'r') as attachment:
+    #msg.add_attachment(attachment.read(), maintype='text', subtype='plain')
+    asStr = attachment.read()
+    asBytes = asStr.encode('utf-8')
+    msg.add_attachment(asBytes, maintype='application', subtype='octet-stream', filename="appendix.txt")
+
+    print(msg.as_string())