Index: Syslog.py
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RCS file: /cvsroot/mailman/mailman/Mailman/Logging/Syslog.py,v
retrieving revision 2.3.2.1
diff -u -r2.3.2.1 Syslog.py
--- Syslog.py	27 Aug 2005 01:40:16 -0000	2.3.2.1
+++ Syslog.py	15 Dec 2005 02:42:57 -0000
@@ -55,7 +55,12 @@
         # It's really bad if exceptions in the syslogger cause other crashes
         except Exception, e:
             msg = 'Bad format "%s": %s: %s' % (origmsg, repr(e), e)
-        logf.write(msg + '\n')
+        try:
+            logf.write(msg + '\n')
+        except UnicodeError:
+            # Python 2.4 may fail to write 8bit (non-ascii) characters
+            import quopri
+            logf.write(quopri.encodestring(msg) + '\n')
 
     # For the ultimate in convenience
     __call__ = write