[issue21567] cannot create multipart alternative message with us-ascii charset

Irit Katriel added the comment: Works for me: Python 3.10.0a5+ (heads/master:bf2e7e55d7, Feb 11 2021, 23:09:25) [MSC v.1928 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32 >>> from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart >>> new_msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative') >>> new_msg.set_charset('us-ascii') >>> -

[issue21567] cannot create multipart alternative message with us-ascii charset

Irit Katriel added the comment: I'm not seeing the problem in 3.7(linux) and 3.10(windows). Is this a python 2-only issue? -- nosy: +iritkatriel status: open -> pending ___ Python tracker __

[issue21567] cannot create multipart alternative message with us-ascii charset

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[issue21567] cannot create multipart alternative message with us-ascii charset

R. David Murray added the comment: I suspect this is either related to or is a duplicate of issue 1823. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue21567] cannot create multipart alternative message with us-ascii charset

Viktor Szépe added the comment: Sorry! How come that new_msg.set_charset('utf-8') works? -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-li

[issue21567] cannot create multipart alternative message with us-ascii charset

New submission from Viktor Szépe: Python 2.7.6 (default, May 22 2014, 00:19:36) [GCC 4.7.2] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart >>> new_msg = MIMEMultipart('alternative') >>> new_msg.set_charset('us-as