Index: Lib/email/base64mime.py
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--- Lib/email/base64mime.py	(revision 72998)
+++ Lib/email/base64mime.py	(working copy)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
     elif isinstance(string, str):
         return a2b_base64(string.encode('raw-unicode-escape'))
     else:
-        return a2b_base64(s)
+        return a2b_base64(string)
 
 
 # For convenience and backwards compatibility w/ standard base64 module