Merge email package 4.0 from the sandbox, including documentation, test cases,

and NEWS updates.

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diff --git a/Lib/email/mime/text.py b/Lib/email/mime/text.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
+# Author: Barry Warsaw
+# Contact: email-sig@python.org
+
+"""Class representing text/* type MIME documents."""
+
+__all__ = ['MIMEText']
+
+from email.encoders import encode_7or8bit
+from email.mime.nonmultipart import MIMENonMultipart
+
+
+
+class MIMEText(MIMENonMultipart):
+    """Class for generating text/* type MIME documents."""
+
+    def __init__(self, _text, _subtype='plain', _charset='us-ascii'):
+        """Create a text/* type MIME document.
+
+        _text is the string for this message object.
+
+        _subtype is the MIME sub content type, defaulting to "plain".
+
+        _charset is the character set parameter added to the Content-Type
+        header.  This defaults to "us-ascii".  Note that as a side-effect, the
+        Content-Transfer-Encoding header will also be set.
+        """
+        MIMENonMultipart.__init__(self, 'text', _subtype,
+                                  **{'charset': _charset})
+        self.set_payload(_text, _charset)