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Quoted-Printable Encoder

Encode text to quoted-printable, the MIME encoding used in email bodies. Handles UTF-8 and wraps lines at 76 characters per RFC 2045.

Input

Result

The result appears here as you type.

What this tool is for

Quoted-printable is how email carries text that is mostly ASCII but contains the occasional accented or non-Latin character. Those bytes become =XX escapes and lines are wrapped with soft breaks at 76 characters, which is why raw email source is littered with equals signs.

How to use it

  1. Paste the text destined for an email body.
  2. Copy the encoded output into your MIME part.
  3. Remember to declare Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable in the headers.

Frequently asked questions

When should I use Base64 instead?

When most of the content is non-ASCII or binary. Quoted-printable stays human readable for mostly-English text but grows quickly when nearly every byte needs escaping, and Base64 is the smaller choice there.