Attachment Text states "File from Node-RED is attached" needs to be configurable

[converseKarl]

Sending an attachment forces the label "File from Node-RED is attached". Other people have raised this on the Node-Red forums. It's a show stopper using this library forcing to show such labels isn't always ideal.

1. Either want no attachment text so set to msg.attachmenttext="";
2. Something custom set to say msg.attachmenttext = "See latest attachment"
3. then Default to File from Node-RED is attached

[hardillb]

Please use the full template that you were shown when you opened the issue, it gathers a bunch of information that we need to work on a problem. e.g. the node name and version you are using

I'm going to assume you mean the node-red-node-email node here?

You can get the effect you want just by using some of the other attachment methods e.g. and input message as follows:

{
  topic: "subject",
  payload: "Your message here",
  attachments: [
    {
        filename: "test.txt",
        content: "HelloWorld"
    }
  ]
}

So if needed you can use a change node or function node to move the buffer payload to an attachements array with a filename, then you can set payload to anything you want (but it has to be present so setting it to "" for empty)

[dceejay]

Did you try msg.description as per the info sidebar ?

[converseKarl]

Did you try msg.description as per the info sidebar ?

yes mate I did , no success it puts the description in the email body but still has File from Node-RED is attached included. Thanks kindly for your suggestion :-)

[dceejay]

So why is this a show stopper ?

[hardillb]

And have you tried the method I suggested?

[dceejay]

Indeed the correct method is as per @hardillb - the other is just a convenience.

[converseKarl]

So why is this a show stopper ?

i've looked at the code of the build and the NODE-RED attachment statement is hardcoded by default, secondly the proposed solution which I will try (and Ben thanks for your kind input on that - I will try this over the next few days), I'm actually writing a complex transcoder from one AI model to another, generating multiple file assets. Putting them into a buffer as recommended for multiple file attachment and then add them into an array of attachments (with own payload) as I create them, then finally into a single zip file (using zip node) as the last task before creating email attachment and sending. All works great then I get the message FILE FROM NODE-RED is attached and tried all ways to remove it. Did not expect stuff to be hard coded in this library as its clearly there.

I will share more info later if I struggle to remove this from Ben's recommendation. Many thanks for the kind responses and support. Very much appreciated folks!

[Saminarizona]

I did not like the tag line "File from Node-RED is attached" either. I found in file C:\Users\USERNAME.node-red\node_modules\node-red-node-email\locales\en-US\61-email.json

on mine it was line 48

"default-message": "description\n\nFile from Node-RED is attached: filename"

[dceejay]

It is only hard-coded if you send a binary buffer payload and no other options. If you declare the msg object as Ben describes above the plain text msg.payload will become your message instead.