# Error sending email , expected MIME Type, got Null?

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**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition79\
**Created:** [August 10, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-sending-email-expected-mime-type-got-null/77710 "2023-08-10T17:40:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 10, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/error-sending-email-expected-mime-type-got-null/77710/2 "2023-08-10T18:06:20Z")

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Good news; we already fixed the underlying limitation here and made it more flexible.  
Bad news: it's fixed in 8.1.22 and up.

See this thread for more context:

> [@Sending email with .ics attachment](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/sending-email-with-ics-attachment/57875):
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> Hello everybody, I want to send an Email with an attachment with “.ics” extension. However, i have this error message Any solutions ? Thanks in advance

And more details on how it works are in system.net.sendEmail:  
[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.net.sendEmail](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.net.sendEmail)

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