Hello, the following example code produces a wrong RFC2047 encoded string:
use Encode qw(encode); my $string = Encode::encode("UTF-8", "لللللللللللللللللللللللللللللللللللل"); print Encode::encode("MIME-Q", $string), "\n"; The output is: =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3?= =?UTF-8?Q?=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4?= =?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3?= =?UTF-8?Q?=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4=C3=A4?= RFC 2047 states: A multi-octet character may not be split across adjacent 'encoded-word's. So there must not be a line break after =C3 in the first and third line. When presenting such a wrong encoded header to MUAs like mutt or Gnus they show question marks instead of the real characters at the position of the wrong line break. Test environment: Perl 5.8.3 on Debian unstable. # $Id: Encode.pm,v 1.99 2003/12/29 02:47:16 dankogai Exp dankogai $ Regards Marc Langer