--- quopri.py.old	Thu Oct  5 15:43:00 2000
+++ quopri.py	Fri Feb  9 14:28:44 2001
@@ -8,6 +8,22 @@
 MAXLINESIZE = 76
 HEX = '0123456789ABCDEF'
 
+def encodestring(s):
+    """Encode a string."""
+    import StringIO
+    f = StringIO.StringIO(s)
+    g = StringIO.StringIO()
+    encode(f, g)
+    return g.getvalue()
+
+def decodestring(s):
+    """Decode a string."""
+    import StringIO
+    f = StringIO.StringIO(s)
+    g = StringIO.StringIO()
+    decode(f, g)
+    return g.getvalue()
+
 def needsquoting(c, quotetabs):
     """Decide whether a particular character needs to be quoted.