Index: Lib/email/generator.py =================================================================== --- Lib/email/generator.py (revision 58469) +++ Lib/email/generator.py (working copy) @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ for part in msg.walk(): maintype = part.get_content_maintype() if maintype == 'text': - print(part.get_payload(decode=True), file=self) + print(part.get_payload(decode=False), file=self) elif maintype == 'multipart': # Just skip this pass