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V12 email pull error : AttributeError: 'Message' object has no attribute 'encode'

See original GitHub issue

pull_from_email_account

Error	

{'job_name': 'pull_from_email_account|Sales', 'method': <function pull_from_email_account at 0x7f76f7d2a8c8>, 'kwargs': {'email_account': 'Sales'}, 'log': <function log at 0x7f76f7d782f0>, 'event': 'all', 'method_name': 'pull_from_email_account', 'retry': 0, 'site': 'site1.local', 'user': 'Administrator', 'is_async': True}
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/utils/background_jobs.py", line 99, in execute_job
    method(**kwargs)
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py", line 723, in pull_from_email_account
    email_account.receive()
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py", line 302, in receive
    raise Exception(frappe.as_json(exceptions))
Exception: [
 "Traceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py\", line 279, in receive\n    communication = self.insert_communication(msg, args=args)\n  File \"/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py\", line 336, in insert_communication\n    email = Email(raw)\n  File \"/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py\", line 372, in __init__\n    self.parse()\n  File \"/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py\", line 393, in parse\n    self.process_part(part)\n  File \"/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py\", line 445, in process_part\n    self.text_content += self.get_payload(part)\n  File \"/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py\", line 492, in get_payload\n    charset = self.get_charset(part)\n  File \"/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py\", line 487, in get_charset\n    charset = chardet.detect(part.encode())['encoding']\nAttributeError: 'Message' object has no attribute 'encode'\n"
]

email_account.receive

Error	

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py", line 279, in receive
    communication = self.insert_communication(msg, args=args)
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/doctype/email_account/email_account.py", line 336, in insert_communication
    email = Email(raw)
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py", line 372, in __init__
    self.parse()
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py", line 393, in parse
    self.process_part(part)
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py", line 445, in process_part
    self.text_content += self.get_payload(part)
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py", line 492, in get_payload
    charset = self.get_charset(part)
  File "/home/frappe/frappe-bench/apps/frappe/frappe/email/receive.py", line 487, in get_charset
    charset = chardet.detect(part.encode())['encoding']
AttributeError: 'Message' object has no attribute 'encod
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@krnkris  reported this
It is introduced due to fix 
[8061](https://github.com/frappe/frappe/pull/8061)
[8060(]https://github.com/frappe/frappe/pull/8060  )