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email.message_from_binary_file creates invalid RFC2047 encodings

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Description

Bug report

Bug description:

The following illustrates the issue.

>>> # Here's an example file
>>> with open('badx2.eml') as fp:
...     print(fp.read())
...     
From: "Sweepstakes Alert–Dyson Vacuum" <DysonVacuumSweeps@stellaryx.space>

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>>> # Note that the `–` above is a unicode En Dash
>>> # Make a message object
>>> from email import message_from_binary_file
>>> with open('badx2.eml', 'rb') as fp:
...     msg = message_from_binary_file(fp)
...     
>>> # and look at it
>>> print(msg.as_string())
From: =?unknown-8bit?q?=22Sweepstakes_Alert=E2=80=93Dyson_Vacuum=22_=3CDysonVacuumSweeps=40stellaryx=2Espace=3E?=

body

>>> # Note that the email address is improperly included in the encoded word
CPython versions tested on:

3.13

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the shown example with email.message_from_binary_file and inspect the email package's header-encoding path. Done means the display name is encoded without incorrectly including the email address, with a regression test covering the Unicode en dash case.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
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Newbie friendliness
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