Jami Lindh added the comment: It might also make sense to return the payload undecoded. The documentation for get_payload() function says:
"[...] the payload will be decoded if this header’s value is quoted-printable or base64. If some other encoding is used, or Content-Transfer-Encoding header is missing, the payload is returned as-is (undecoded)." Even though the header's value tries to convince you "base64" is the encoding, it is - in this case - either broken base64 or not. Hence it might fall into the category "some other encoding is used", justifying the "payload is returned as-is (undecoded)". As to the original payload Claudiu posted, in that the mailserver has truncated the email. This already provides the user with non-base64 string that they try to convince you to decode as base64. My argument is still valid in this case. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue27397> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com