1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
index aaf88f35..62cb951e 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Smsg.pm
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ sub populate {
                  # to protect git and NNTP clients
                  $val =~ tr/\0\t\n/   /;
  
+                # rare: in case headers have wide chars (not RFC2047-encoded)
+                utf8::decode($val);
+
                  # lower-case fields for read-only stuff
                  $self->{lc($f)} = $val;