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.IX Title "Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit 3"
.TH Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit 3 2026-04-11 "perl v5.42.2" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit \- encode/decode 8bit message bodies
.SH INHERITANCE
.IX Header "INHERITANCE"
.Vb 3
\& Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit
\&   is a Mail::Message::TransferEnc
\&   is a Mail::Reporter
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 3
\&  my Mail::Message $msg = ...;
\&  my $decoded = $msg\->decoded;
\&  my $encoded = $msg\->encode(transfer => \*(Aq8bit\*(Aq);
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Encode or decode message bodies for 8bit transfer encoding.  This is
only very little encoding.  According to the specs:
.PP
RFC\-2045 Section 2.8 defines legal \`8bit\*(Aq data:
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.Vb 5
\&  "8bit data" refers to data that is all represented as relatively
\&  short lines with 998 octets or less between CRLF line separation
\&  sequences [RFC\-821]), but octets with decimal values greater than 127
\&  may be used.  As with "7bit data" CR and LF octets only occur as part
\&  of CRLF line separation sequences and no NULs are allowed.
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.PP
As you can safely conclude: decoding of these bodies is no work
at all.
.PP
Extends "DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::TransferEnc.
.SH METHODS
.IX Header "METHODS"
Extends "METHODS" in Mail::Message::TransferEnc.
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
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.ie n .IP "Error: class $package does not implement method $method." 4
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.IX Item "Error: class $package does not implement method $method."
Fatal error: the specific \f(CW$package\fR (or one of its superclasses) does not
implement this method where it should. This message means that some other
related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does
not.  Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author
of the package.
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.ie n .IP "Error: decoder for transfer encoding $type does not work: $@" 4
.el .IP "Error: decoder for transfer encoding \f(CW$type\fR does not work: $@" 4
.IX Item "Error: decoder for transfer encoding $type does not work: $@"
Compiling the required transfer encoding resulted in errors, which means
that the decoder can not be used.
Cast by \f(CWcreate()\fR
.ie n .IP "Error: no decoder for transfer encoding $type." 4
.el .IP "Error: no decoder for transfer encoding \f(CW$type\fR." 4
.IX Item "Error: no decoder for transfer encoding $type."
A decoder for the specified type of transfer encoding is not implemented.
Cast by \f(CWcreate()\fR
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
This module is part of Mail\-Message version 4.05,
built on April 10, 2026. Website: \fIhttp://perl.overmeer.net/mailbox/\fR
.SH LICENSE
.IX Header "LICENSE"
For contributors see file ChangeLog.
.PP
This software is copyright (c) 2001\-2026 by Mark Overmeer.
.PP
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.