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Subject: iconv_mime_encoding
From: lists@block-online.eu (Oliver Block)

Hi,

which sense does it make if a function like iconv_mime_encoding() requires an 
field_name as first argument?

<rfc2822>
Header fields are lines composed of a field name, followed by a colon (":"), 
followed by a field body, and terminated by CRLF. A field name MUST be 
composed of printable US-ASCII characters (i.e., characters that have values 
between 33 and 126, inclusive), except colon.
</rfc2822>

If you use imap_mail() to send the message, you are required to supply a 
subject argument. If you supply the return value of iconv_mime_encoding() 
your will get a subject like that (after decoding by receiver):

Subject: Subject: Hello

Additionally I'd like to say that this iconv_mime_encoding does convert the 
header without any testing if it is required to encode the string. It will 
also encode an US-ASCII string.

Best Regards,

Oliver