--- f:/test-mailman-2.1/Mailman/Handlers/Decorate.py	2008-06-11 15:09:34.000000000 -0700
+++ f:/test-mailman/Mailman/Handlers/Decorate.py	2008-10-27 14:59:13.343750000 -0700
@@ -99,6 +99,12 @@
         # footer/oldpayload into unicode and encode with mcset/lcset.
         # Try to decode qp/base64 also.
         uheader = unicode(header, lcset, 'ignore')
+        syslog('debug',
+               'msg_footer type: %s\nfooter type: %s\nfooter: %s\nlcset: %s',
+               repr(type(mlist.msg_footer)),
+               repr(type(footer)),
+               footer,
+               lcset)
         ufooter = unicode(footer, lcset, 'ignore')
         try:
             oldpayload = unicode(msg.get_payload(decode=True), mcset)