diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 215f4ee9f..bd3d15c7f 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ Fixed bugs:
    Bugzilla Report 48853
    
  * ANT_CMD_LINE_ARGS are rippling through lower level Ant usage 
-   Bugzilla Report 48876  
+   Bugzilla Report 48876
+   
+ * email : IO error sending mail with plain mimetype
+   Bug 48932    
 
 Other changes:
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diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/Message.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/Message.java
index 75b033adb..026d29d0b 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/Message.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/email/Message.java
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public class Message extends ProjectComponent {
             }
             out.flush();
         } finally {
-            FileUtils.close(out);
+            //do not close the out writer as it is reused afterwards by the mail task
         }
     }