Index: admin/syncmail
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RCS file: /cvs/extras/CVSROOT/admin/syncmail,v
retrieving revision 1.33
diff -u -p -r1.33 syncmail
--- admin/syncmail	17 Jul 2009 16:52:27 -0000	1.33
+++ admin/syncmail	20 Jul 2009 21:14:16 -0000
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ def blast_mail(subject, people):
         msg.add_header("X-CVS-Server", hostname)
         msg.add_header("Precedence", "first-class")
 
+        msg['Content-transfer-encoding'] = '7bit'
+        msg.set_charset('utf-8')
+
         payload ="Author: %s\n\n" % (username,)
         # now insert the CVS blurb
         payload += commit_message