[Python-3000] should rfc822 accept text io or binary io?

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I thought rfc822 was going away.  From the current module documentation:

    Deprecated since release 2.3. The email package should be used in
    preference to the rfc822 module. This module is present only to maintain
    backward compatibility.

Shouldn't rfc822 be gone altogether in Python 3?

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