cfmailparam behaviour change in CF9.01

Since upgrading a server from ColdFusion 8.01 to ColdFusion 9.01 (64 bit standard on Windows) I noticed that files attached to an email using cfmailparam were disappearing off my filesystem, when previously this hadn't happened. So I wrote a quick test to prove that the behaviour had changed.

<cfmail
  to="john.whish@madeupdomain.com"
  from="john.whish@madeupdomain.com"
  subject="cfmailparam cf9.01 bug?"
  type="html">
  <cfmailparam
    file="cfbox.jpg"
    contentid="cfbox"
    disposition="inline">
  Testing behaviour of cfmailparam in CF9.01<br />
  <br />
  In CF8.01 this code would embed the image, but not delete it.<br />
  <br />
  Tested on:<br />
  - CF9.01 Standard 64bit Windows<br />
  - CF9.01 Developer 32bit Windows<br />
  <img src="cid:cfbox" /><br />
  <br />
  I have also found that adding 'remove="false"' makes no difference.<br />
  <br />
 
  Cheers,<br />
  John
</cfmail>

I haven't tried this on ColdFusion 9.0 so not sure when the behaviour changed. It has been reported to the ColdFusion Engineering team thanks to a helpful fuzzy Scot.

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4 comments

1. It works fine on 9.0
   
   Comment by Andy Allan – July 30, 2010
2. Thanks for the clarification Andy.
   
   Comment by John Whish – August 01, 2010
3. This has now been patched in Cumulative Hotfix 1 (CHF1) for ColdFusion 9.0.1:
   kb2.adobe.com/cps/862/cpsid_86263.html
   
   Comment by John Whish – September 01, 2010
4. It drops any file specified in the CFmailparam tags.
   
   Comment by esearing – March 29, 2011