id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
3398	send_mass_mail confused by non-ascii characters	anonymous	Adrian Holovaty	"send_mass_mail barfs with UnicodeEncodeError when handed a non-ascii unicode instance, here's a q&d fix.

{{{
Index: mail.py
===================================================================
--- mail.py     (wersja 4451)
+++ mail.py     (kopia robocza)
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@
         if not recipient_list:
             continue
         from_email = from_email or settings.DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL
+        if isinstance(message, unicode):
+            message = message.encode(settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)
         msg = SafeMIMEText(message, 'plain', settings.DEFAULT_CHARSET)
         msg['Subject'] = subject
         msg['From'] = from_email
}}}"		closed	Core (Mail)	dev		duplicate	unicode		Unreviewed	1	0	1	0	0	0