Python 2.7.8 (default, Oct 20 2014, 15:05:19)
[GCC 4.9.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import email
>>> email.message_from_string('abc').as_string()
'\nabc'
>>> email.message_from_string(u'abc').as_string()
'\nabc'
Python 2.6.9 (default, Oct 22 2014, 20:07:12)
[GCC 4.9.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import email
>>> email.message_from_string('abc').as_string()
'\nabc'
>>> email.message_from_string(u'abc').as_string()
'\na\x00\x00\x00b\x00\x00\x00c\x00\x00\x00'