=encoding utf8

=head1 NAME

Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit - encode/decode 8bit message bodies

=head1 INHERITANCE

 Mail::Message::TransferEnc::EightBit
   is a Mail::Message::TransferEnc
   is a Mail::Reporter

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  my Mail::Message $msg = ...;
  my $decoded = $msg->decoded;
  my $encoded = $msg->encode(transfer => '8bit');

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Encode or decode message bodies for 8bit transfer encoding.  This is
only very little encoding.  According to the specs:

RFC-2045 Section 2.8 defines legal `8bit' data:

  "8bit data" refers to data that is all represented as relatively
  short lines with 998 octets or less between CRLF line separation
  sequences [RFC-821]), but octets with decimal values greater than 127
  may be used.  As with "7bit data" CR and LF octets only occur as part
  of CRLF line separation sequences and no NULs are allowed.

As you can safely conclude: decoding of these bodies is no work
at all.

Extends L<"DESCRIPTION" in Mail::Message::TransferEnc|Mail::Message::TransferEnc/"DESCRIPTION">.

=head1 METHODS

Extends L<"METHODS" in Mail::Message::TransferEnc|Mail::Message::TransferEnc/"METHODS">.

=head1 DIAGNOSTICS

=over 4

=item Error: class $package does not implement method $method.

Fatal error: the specific C<$package> (or one of its superclasses) does not
implement this method where it should. This message means that some other
related classes do implement this method however the class at hand does
not.  Probably you should investigate this and probably inform the author
of the package.
Cast by C<notImplemented()>

=item Error: decoder for transfer encoding $type does not work: $@

Compiling the required transfer encoding resulted in errors, which means
that the decoder can not be used.
Cast by C<create()>

=item Error: no decoder for transfer encoding $type.

A decoder for the specified type of transfer encoding is not implemented.
Cast by C<create()>

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

This module is part of Mail-Message version 4.04,
built on February 04, 2026. Website: F<http://perl.overmeer.net/CPAN/>

=head1 LICENSE

For contributors see file ChangeLog.

This software is copyright (c) 2001-2026 by Mark Overmeer.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

