[Email-SIG] Python's quoprimime encoder

[Nicholas Cole]

I don't pretend to be an expert on quoted printable encoding - far
from it, in fact - but I can't understand why pyton's encoder gives
different output to encoders online.

If I do:

email.quoprimime.encode("""This is
 a
 test""")

python gives me:

'This is =\n\na  test.'

Whereas online encoders, such as,
http://www.motobit.com/util/quoted-printable-encoder.asp, give:

This is=20
a =20
test

(ie. with =20 rather than just = protecting whitespace before the end
of the line)

Can anyone explain what is going on?

Best wishes,

Nicholas