diff --git a/api/src/Mail.php b/api/src/Mail.php
index bdc0b3d8cc..0b9ca0f3e8 100644
--- a/api/src/Mail.php
+++ b/api/src/Mail.php
@@ -6960,7 +6960,15 @@ class Mail
 						}
 
 						if ( $myUrl[0]!='/' && strlen($basedir) > 1 && !str_ends_with($basedir, '/')) { $basedir .= '/'; }
-						if ($needTempFile && empty($attachment) && !str_starts_with($myUrl, "http")) $data = file_get_contents($basedir.urldecode($myUrl));
+						if ($needTempFile && empty($attachment) && !str_starts_with($myUrl, "http"))
+						{
+							try {
+								$data = file_get_contents($basedir.urldecode($myUrl));
+							}
+							catch (\Throwable $e) {
+								_egw_log_exception($e);
+							}
+						}
 					}
 					if (str_starts_with($url, 'data:'))
 					{