hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Email Gateway] IMAP fetch error: unknown encoding: unknown-8bit with QQ Mail [1 pull requests]

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Error Message

[Email] IMAP fetch error: unknown encoding: unknown-8bit

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[Email] IMAP fetch error: unknown encoding: unknown-8bit
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Bug Description

Email gateway fails to fetch emails from QQ Mail (imap.qq.com), throwing error:

[Email] IMAP fetch error: unknown encoding: unknown-8bit

Environment

  • Hermes Agent v0.15.1 (latest)
  • QQ Mail (imap.qq.com:993)

Expected Behavior

Emails should be fetched and processed normally

Actual Behavior

IMAP fetch fails with: unknown encoding: unknown-8bit Sometimes also: expected string or bytes-like object, got Header

Additional Notes

  • Error occurs in gateway/platforms/email when parsing QQ Mail messages
  • This appears to be a character encoding issue in the IMAP parsing code

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hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Email Gateway] IMAP fetch error: unknown encoding: unknown-8bit with QQ Mail [1 pull requests]