Thanks for your bugreport. This is fixed in the latest version quantal version:
revno: 201.1.34 fixes bug: http://bugs.debian.org/654851 committer: Michael Vogt <michael.v...@ubuntu.com> branch nick: debian-sid timestamp: Wed 2012-07-11 11:58:14 +0200 message: Do not use "mail -a" as this is not POSIX, instead use the python email.Message package to construct a proper utf8 message (closes: #654851) ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #654851 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=654851 ** Changed in: unattended-upgrades (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/786009 Title: Wrong charset in emails To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unattended-upgrades/+bug/786009/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs