diff --git a/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py b/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
index 0209f045..a003db0a 100755
--- a/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
+++ b/gestion/darcs_send_changes.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ si template est None, DEFAULT_TEMPLATE est utilisé.
         subject = unicode2ascii(subject.decode("UTF-8"))
         mail.replace_header('Subject', subject)
     if not mail['Content-Transfer-Encoding']:
-        mail['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = 'quoted-printable'
+        mail['Content-Transfer-Encoding'] = '8bit'
     charset = mail.get_charset()
     if not charset:
         charset = "UTF-8"