What do these '=?utf-8?' sequences mean in python?

[Chris Green]

Chris Green <cl at isbd.net> wrote:
> I'm having a real hard time trying to do anything to a string (?)
> returned by mailbox.MaildirMessage.get().
> 
What a twit I am :-)

Strings are immutable, I have to do:-

    newstring = oldstring.replace("_", " ")

Job done!

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Chris Green
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