diff -r ccdb8c85656c scripting/source/pyprov/mailmerge.py
--- a/scripting/source/pyprov/mailmerge.py	Wed Oct 28 09:17:36 2009 +0000
+++ b/scripting/source/pyprov/mailmerge.py	Tue Dec 01 13:21:47 2009 +0000
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
 			self.server.starttls()
 			self.server.ehlo()
 
-		user = xAuthenticator.getUserName()
-		password = xAuthenticator.getPassword()
+		user = xAuthenticator.getUserName().encode('ascii')
+		password = xAuthenticator.getPassword().encode('ascii')
 		if user != '':
 			if dbg:
 				print >> sys.stderr, 'Logging in, username of', user
@@ -234,8 +234,8 @@
 			self.server = imaplib.IMAP4(server, port)
 		print >> sys.stderr, "AFTER"
 			
-		user = xAuthenticator.getUserName()
-		password = xAuthenticator.getPassword()
+		user = xAuthenticator.getUserName().encode('ascii')
+		password = xAuthenticator.getPassword().encode('ascii')
 		if user != '':
 			if dbg:
 				print >> sys.stderr, 'Logging in, username of', user
@@ -302,8 +302,8 @@
 			self.server = poplib.POP3(server, port)
 		print >> sys.stderr, "AFTER"
 			
-		user = xAuthenticator.getUserName()
-		password = xAuthenticator.getPassword()
+		user = xAuthenticator.getUserName().encode('ascii')
+		password = xAuthenticator.getPassword().encode('ascii')
 		if dbg:
 			print >> sys.stderr, 'Logging in, username of', user
 		self.server.user(user)